semiproof

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ proof.

Noun

semiproof (plural semiproofs)

1. (obsolete) Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness.
   • 1662, George Pellisson, A Miscellany of divers Problems:

     there are some things which being not able to pass for entire proofs, do pass for semiproofs

References

• “semiproof”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.