In the law of evidence. A truth or proposition drawn from another which is supposed or admitted to be true. A process of reasoning by which a fact or proposition sought to be established Ib deduced as a logical consequence from other facts, or a state of facts, already proved or admitted. Gates v. Hughes, 44 wis. 336; Whitehouse v. Bolster, 95 Me. 458, 50 Ati. 240; Joske v. Irvine, 91 Tex. 574, 44 S. W. 1059
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
