Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)dictionaries

Probability

Likelihood; appearance of truth; verisimilitude. The likelf-hood of a proposition or hypothesis being true, from its conformity to reason or experience, or from superior evidence or arguments adduced in its favor. People v. o’Brien, 130 Cal. 1, 62 Pac. 297; Shaw v. State, 125 Ala. 80. 28 South. 390; State v. Joues, 64 Iowa, 349, 17 N. W. 911, 20 N. W. 470

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)