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Probative facts

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003937

Facts that, when proven, tend to establish the existence or non-existence of an ultimate fact in issue in a legal case. These are the underlying pieces of evidence that support a larger conclusion. For example, a witness's testimony about seeing a defendant at a crime scene is a probative fact.

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IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003937
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003937",
  "term": "Probative facts",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Facts that, when proven, tend to establish the existence or non-existence of an ultimate fact in issue in a legal case. These are the underlying pieces of evidence that support a larger conclusion. For example, a witness's testimony about seeing a defendant at a crime scene is a probative fact.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/probative-facts/"
}

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