Latin: In the civil law. A great-grandfather. … [Read more...]

Likelihood; appearance of truth; verisimilitude. The likelihood of a proposition or hypothesis being true, from its conformity to reason or experience, or from superior evidence or arguments adduced in its favor. People v. O'Brien, 130 … [Read more...]

Having the appearance of truth; having the character of probability; appearing to be founded in reason or experience. Probable came. "Probable cause" may be defined to be an apparent state of facts found to exist upon reasonable inquiry, (that is, such inquiry as the given case renders convenient ana proper,) which would induce a reasonably intelligent and prudent man to … [Read more...]

(A) When there are grounds for suspicion that a person has committed a crime or misdemeanor, and public justice and the good of the community require that the matter should be examined, there is said to be a probable cause for, making a charge against the accused, however malicious the intention of the accuser may have been. And probable cause will be presumed till the contrary … [Read more...]

In Saxon law. To claim a thing as one's own. Jacob. In modern law language. To make proof, as in the term "onus probandi," the burden or duty of making proof. … [Read more...]