Semi-Proof
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In civil law. Presumption of fact. This degree of proof is thus defined: "Non est ignorandum, probationem semiplenam earn esse, per quam rei gestae fides aliqua fit judici; non tamen tanta ut jure debeat in pronuncianda sententia earn sequi." Mascardus, de Prob. vol. 1, quaest. 11, note 1, 4. SEMPER (Lat.) Always. SEMPER IN DUBIIS BENIGNIORA praeferunda sunt. In dubious cases, the more liberal constructions are always to be preferred. Dig. 50. 17. 56.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Civil Law. Presumption of fact. This degree of proof is thus defined: “Non est ignorandum piobationem semiplcnam cam esse per quam rei gestce fides aliqua fit judici; non tamen tanta ut jure debeat in prommeianda sententia cam sequi." Mascardus, de Prob. vol. 1, Quaest 11, n. 1, 4.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
civ. law. Presumptions of fact are so called.