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PROBABILITY (law)


PROBABILITY. That which is likely to happen; that which is most consonant to reason; for example, there is a strong probability that a man of a good reason; for example, there is a strong probability that a man of a good moral character, and who has heretofore been remarkable for truth, will, moral character, and who has heretofore been remarkable for truth, will, when examined as a witness under oath, tell the truth; and, on the contrary, when examined as a witness under oath, tell the truth; and, on the contrary, that a man who has been guilty of perjury, will not, under the same that a man who has been guilty of perjury, will not, under the same circumstances, tell the truth; the former will, therefore, be entitled to circumstances, tell the truth; the former will, therefore, be entitled to credit, while the latter will not. credit, while the latter will not.