Reasonable certainty
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922)
Definitions from Case Law
From 14 U.S. 130 - Matson v. Hord · 1816Most cited · 7 citing opinions
By these rules, a certainty to a common intent, a description which will not mislead a subsequent locator, which will conduct him, if he uses reasonable care and diligence, to the place where the objects are to be found, will satisfy the law, and sustain the entry; but such a certainty must exist, or the entry cannot be sustained.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To establish a fact to a reasonable certainty requires that degree of proof of certainty which the jurors would be willing to act upon in their own grave and important concerns; that is, the degree of proof should be such that the fact is established beyond a reasonable doubt. "A reasonable doubt" and "reasonable certainty" and "moral certainty" mean one and the same thing. 72 111. App. 579.