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Moral. Pertains
to character, conduct, intention, social relations, etc.
1. Pertaining or relating to the conscience or moral sense or
to the general principles of right conduct.
2. Cognizable or enforceable only by the conscience or by the
principles of right conduct, as distinguished from positive law.
3. Depending upon or resulting from probability; raising a belief
or conviction in the mind independent of strict or logical proof.
4. Involving or affecting the moral sense; as in the phrase "moral
insanity."
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Moral evidence.
As opposed to "mathematical" or "demonstrative" evidence, this term
denotes that kind of evidence which, without developing an absolute
and necessary certainty, generates a high degree of probability or persuasive
force. It is founded upon analogy or induction, experience of
the ordinary course of nature or the sequence of events, and the testimony
of men.
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Moral certainty.
That degree of assurance which induces a man of sound mind to act, without
doubt, upon the conclusions to which it leads. A high degree of
impression of the truth of a fact, falling short of absolute certainty,
but sufficient to justify a verdict of guilty even in a capital case.
Such signifies a probability sufficiently strong to justify action on
it; a very high degree of probability, although not demonstrable, as
a certainty. It has also been used as indicating a conclusion
of the mind established beyond a reasonable doubt. Gray v. State,
56 Okl.Cr. 208, 38 P.2d 967.
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Moral law. The law
of conscience; the aggregate of those rules and principles of ethics
which relate to right and wrong conduct and prescribe the standards
to which the actions of men should conform in their dealings with each
other. See also Natural Law.
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Moral duress.
Consists in imposition, oppression, undue influence, or the taking of
undue advantage of the business or financial stress or extreme necessity
or weakness of another. Lafayette Dramatic Productions v. Ferentz,
306 Mich. 193, 9 N.W.2d 57, 66. See also Coercion; Duress.
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