“Common
Knowledge” Definition: A fact is said to be
generally recognized or known when its existence or operation is accepted
by the public without qualification or contention. The test is whether the
fact involved is so notoriously known as to make it proper to assume its
existence without proof. The fact that a belief is not universal, however,
is not controlling for it is very seldom that any belief is accepted by
everyone. It is enough that the matters are familiarly known to the
majority of mankind or those person s familiar with the particular matter
in question.
