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not proven en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, qualifier:Scots law) Having insufficient evidence to prove guilt or innocence under Scots law.
    • There was a time that the only verdicts a jury could return were proven or not proven. While the verdict of proven has long since been replaced, that of not proven has survived the test of time. 2014, Francis Pakes, Comparative Criminal Justice, page 12:

Relateds

not guilty · Scotch verdict

Synonyms

not proved