资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Proven \Prov"en\, p. p. or a.
   Proved. ``Accusations firmly proven in his mind.''
   --Thackeray.

         Of this which was the principal charge, and was
         generally believed to beproven, he was acquitted.
                                                  --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd. ).

   {Not proven} (Scots Law), a verdict of a jury that the guilt
      of the accused is not made out, though not disproved.
      --Mozley & W.