- infirmative
- Tending to weaken or lessen.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
infirmative
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Infirmative — In*firm a*tive, a. [Cf. F. infirmatif.] Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
infirmative — ● infirmatif, infirmative adjectif Qui infirme … Encyclopédie Universelle
infirmative — In the law of evidence, having the quality of diminishing force; having a tendency to weaken or render infirm. Exculpatory is used by some authors as synonymous … Black's law dictionary
infirmative — In the law of evidence, having the quality of diminishing force; having a tendency to weaken or render infirm. Exculpatory is used by some authors as synonymous … Black's law dictionary
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infirmative consideration — In the law of evidence, a consideration, supposition, or hypothesis of which the criminative facts of a case admit, and which tends to weaken the inference or presumption of guilt deducible from them … Black's law dictionary
infirmative fact — In the law of evidence, a fact set up, proved, or even supposed, in opposition to the criminative facts of a case, the tendency of which is to weaken the force of the inference of guilt deducible from them … Black's law dictionary
infirmative hypothesis — A term sometimes used in criminal evidence to denote an hypothesis or theory of the case which assumes the defendant s innocence, and explains the criminative evidence in a manner consistent with that assumption … Black's law dictionary
infirmative consideration — In the law of evidence, a consideration, supposition, or hypothesis of which the criminative facts of a case admit, and which tends to weaken the inference or presumption of guilt deducible from them … Black's law dictionary
infirmative fact — In the law of evidence, a fact set up, proved, or even supposed, in opposition to the criminative facts of a case, the tendency of which is to weaken the force of the inference of guilt deducible from them … Black's law dictionary
