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- (Scots law) Having insufficient evidence to prove guilt or innocence under Scots law.
- Synonym: not proved
- 2014, Francis Pakes, Comparative Criminal Justice, page 12:
- There was a time that the only verdicts a jury could return were proven or not proven. While the verdict of proven has long since been replaced, that of not proven has survived the test of time.