An "inference" is a deduction which the trier of fact may make from the evidence.
§ 26-1-501, MCA
En. Sec. 3261, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7957, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10601, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1958; re-en. Sec. 10601, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1301-2; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 72, L. 1983.