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:3. Math. and Logic. A sequence of steps by which a theorem or other statement is derived from given premises.

:3. Math. and Logic. A sequence of steps by which a theorem or other statement is derived from given premises.

:4. Sc. Law. In a civil case: evidence given before a judge, or a commissioner acting as a judge's representative, in determining what is at issue in a trial or establishing the disputed facts; the taking of such evidence. Hence: trial of a civil case before a judge without a jury.

:4. Sc. Law. In a civil case: evidence given before a judge, or a commissioner acting as a judge's representative, in determining what is at issue in a trial or establishing the disputed facts; the taking of such evidence. Hence: trial of a civil case before a judge without a: This distinctive development of sense has gradually taken place since the introduction of trial by jury into Scotland in 1815.

  This distinctive development of sense has gradually taken place since the introduction of trial by jury into Scotland in 1815.

 

*II. Senses relating to the trying or testing of something (cf. PROVE v. II.).

:5. a. That which anything proves or turns out to be; the issue, outcome, result, effect, or fulfilment of something; esp. in phrase to come to proof. Obs.

:5. a. That which anything proves or turns out to be; the issue, outcome, result, effect, or fulfilment of something; esp. in phrase to come to proof. Obs.