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Lat. In the civil law. A certain number of days allowed an heir to deliberate whether he would take the inheritance or not Calvin. … [Read more...] about CRETIO

international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. They are, as it were, his letter of attorney, his mandate patent, mandatum manifestum. … [Read more...] about CREDENTIALS

Worthiness of belief. To entitle a witness to credibility, he must be competent. Vide Competency. 2. Human testimony can seldom acquire the certainty of demonstration. Witnesses not infrequently are mistaken or wish to deceive; the most that can be expected is that moral certainty which arises from analogy. The credibility which is attached to such testimony, arises. from the … [Read more...] about CREDIBILITY

Worthy of belief; entitled to credit. See COMPETENCY. Credible person. One who is trustworthy and entitled to be believed; in law and legal proceedings, one who is entitled to have his oath or affidavit accepted as reliable, not only on account of his good reputation for veracity; but also on account of his intelligence, knowledge of the circumstances, and disinterested … [Read more...] about CREDIBLE

Evidence that is most likely true as the circumstances dictate the likelihood of such fact being true. … [Read more...] about CREDIBLE EVIDENCE