CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE

(A) Evidence which cannot be contradicted and which a firm and reliable conclusion can be drawn. (B) That which cannot be contradicted by any other evidence, for example, a record, unless impeached for fraud, is conclusive evidence between the parties. That which, while uncontradicted, satisfies the judge and jury it is also that which cannot be contradicted. 2. The record of a court of common law jurisdiction is conclusive as to the facts therein stated. But the judgment and record of a prize court is not conclusive evidence in the state courts, unless it had jurisdiction of the subject-matter; and whether it had or not, the state courts may decide. 1 Conn. 429. See as to the conclusiveness of the judgments of foreign courts of admiralty