2. Verb. Archaic, Scottish law: Not proven, in a legal case where the jury verdict has inconclusive evidence for conviction, but sufficient to suspect guilt ¹
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Definition of Disproven
1. disprove [v] - See also: disprove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disproven
Literary usage of Disproven
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Eminent Domain in the United States by John Lewis (1900)
"... of course, be controverted,4 and, if disproven, the proceedings must be
dismissed.5 It has been held that the objection may be taken at any stage of the ..."
2. John Bull's Crime: Or, Assaults on Republics by Webster William Davis (1901)
"British charge of incompetence of Boer government and laxity of its administration
in gold fields disproven. Does not suffer by comparison with other ..."
3. The Negro, His Origin, History and Destiny by Henry Parker Eastman (1905)
"Carroll's argument that Cain's sin was illicit intercourse with a negro paramour
disproven—The proof from Jude examined—The impossibility of hybridization ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1894)
"On just what ground is not apparent, because Goldscheider has never retracted
his statements about pain terminals, nor have they been disproven. ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1894)
"On just what ground is not apparent, because Goldscheider has never retracted
his statements about pain terminals, nor have they been disproven. ..."
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