Certain proof that no one, not even Richard Ashcroft at the peak of moody credibility, can be taken seriously with the Benny Hill theme tune in the background.
Yet Burroughs acknowledged there was "no certain documented proof for the attribution [to Hubert]." He admitted his evidence was "limited, inevitably incomplete", and thus "circumstantial and presumptive".
Both pointed out that certain proof methods, which Beth called tableau methods, can be interpreted as frustrated attempts to prove the negation of the intended conclusion.
While the Supreme Court declared in 1983 that such an acquittal was certain proof of dangerousness, that was largely wrong as well.
This was taken as a positive development — other polls had put the gap at 24 and 37 points — and as certain proof, in a season like the present one, that anything was possible.
In his search for truth the metaphysician is bound by Arabic usage, as is the jurist in his legal interpretations, though the jurist uses subjective reasoning only, in contrast to the metaphysician's certain proof.
During the latest suspension period, mortgage buyers and some lenders said those seeking to buy homes in flood zones could still get a mortgage as long as they provided certain proof that they had applied for flood insurance.
An appeal filed on his behalf was dismissed in 2002, when the court of appeal ruled that DNA analysis of fabrics recovered from the scene of the murder of Michael Gregsten and rape of Valerie Storie in 1961 provided "certain proof" that Hanratty was guilty - a claim still challenged by his family and campaigners.
In the summary of its decision, published within the three-month legal limit, the court said there was "certain proof … of prostitution at Arcore on the evenings when Karima El-Mahroug was present", referring to parties held at Berlusconi's luxury villa near Milan.
