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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Semiproof \Sem"i*proof`\ (s[e^]m"[i^]*pr[=oo]f`), n.
   Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness.
   [Obs.] --Bailey.
   [1913 Webster]

2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

SEMI-PROOF, civ. law. Presumptions of fact are so called. This degree of 
proof is thus deaned[?]: "Non est ignorandum, probationem semiplenam eam 
esse, per quam rei gestae fides aliqua fit judici; non tamen tanta ut jure 
debeat in pronuncianda sententia eam sequi." Mascardus, De Prob. vol. 1, 
Quaest. 11, n. 1, 4.

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