Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Pyramiding inferences, rule against
Evidence. A rule prohibiting a fact-finder from piling one inference on another to arrive at a conclusion. ( Today this rule is followed in only a few jurisdictions. Cf. REASONABLE-INFERENCE RULE.
adverse-inference rule
see adverse-interest rule.
inference
n. 1. A conclusion reached by considering other facts and deducing a logical consequence from them. 2. The process by which such a conclusion is reached; the process of thought by which one moves from evidence to proof. - infer, ub. - inferential, adj. - inferrer, n.
inference-on-inference rule
The principle that a presumption based on another presumption cannot serve as a basis for determining an ultimate fact.
necessary inference
A conclusion that is unavoidable if the premise on which it is based is taken to be true.
permissive inference
See permissiue presumption under PRESUMPTION.
reasonable-inference rule
An evidentiary principle providing that a jury, in deciding a case, may properly consider any reasonable inference drawn from the evidence presented at trial.
same-actor inference
Employment law. The doctrine that when an employee is hired and fired by the same person, and the termination occurs a reasonably short time after the hiring, the termination will be presumed not to be based on a discriminatory reason.