When someone makes a claim against the state, that person must legally verify that the facts in the claim are true.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
Many criminals believe what they say is true; they could pass a lie detector test.
When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is.
To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Claims of right and insistence upon obligations may depend upon treaty stipulations, or upon the rules of international law, or upon the sense of natural justice applied to the circumstances of a particular case, or upon disputed facts.
To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.
The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.
The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.
Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of forger, the law presumes to be genuine, and devolves on the opposing party the burden of proving it to be otherwise.