Latin: Proof; more particularly direct, as distinguished from indirect or circumstantial’ evidence. Probatio mortua. Dead proof; that is proof by inanimate objects, such as deeds or other written evidence. Probatio plena. In the civil law. Full proof; proof by two witnesses, or a public instrument Haflifax, Civil Law, b. 3, c. 9, no. 25; 3 Bl. Comm. 370. Probatio semi-plena. In the civil law. Half-full proof; half-proof. Proof by one witness, or a private instrument. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 3, c 9. no. 25; 3 Bl. Comm. 370. Probatio viva. Living proof; that is, proof by the mouth of living witnesses.