2. Noun. samples of the copy and layout of a printed document for review by the author or a proofreader before mass printing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proofs
1. proof [v] - See also: proof
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proofs
Literary usage of Proofs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Heretofore, in insurance cases, it has been frequently mooted whether statements
contained in the proofs of loas estopped the assured, or whether they were ..."
2. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1796)
"Want of proofs. $. Want of will to ufe them, f §. ... And thus men want proofs
who have not the convenience or opportunity jo make experiments and ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"The reception and retention by the insurer, without objection, of proofs of loss,
is a waiver of the right to set up, in defense to a suit for the loss ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Each of the impressions issued to the public is classed under one of the following
headings: (1) Artist's proofs; (2) proofs before letters; (3) lettered ..."
5. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"certain proofs, of which the nature is defined, are lacking. These legislators
made a direct attack on this rampart, which the science of criminal law had ..."
6. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"(now taken off*'I0'' l ' ' "s proofs, roy. 4to. 15/. INDIA proofs, wat of til«
Ewl of Essex. Lond. 1637. before Jetters, imperial 4to. ..."
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