circumstantial

  • 51circumstantial evidence — noun Date: 1736 evidence that tends to prove a fact by proving other events or circumstances which afford a basis for a reasonable inference of the occurrence of the fact at issue …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 52circumstantial evidence — evidence which shows a relation to other evidence and not directly to the crime itself …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 53circumstantial evidence — cir′cumstan′tial ev′idence n. law proof of facts offered as evidence from which other facts are to be inferred • Etymology: 1730–40 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 54circumstantial evidence — Testimony not based on actual personal knowledge or observation of the facts in controversy, but of other facts from which deductions are drawn, showing indirectly the facts sought to be proved. People v. Yokum, 145 C.A.2d 245, 302 P.2d 406, 410 …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 55circumstantial evidence — Testimony not based on actual personal knowledge or observation of the facts in controversy, but of other facts from which deductions are drawn, showing indirectly the facts sought to be proved. People v. Yokum, 145 C.A.2d 245, 302 P.2d 406, 410 …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 56circumstantial evidence — Facts and circumstances surrounding a transaction from which the jury or Crier of the fact may infer other connected facts which reasonably follow, according to the common experience of mankind. 29 Am J2d Ev § 264 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

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    Wikipedia

  • 58circumstantialevidence — circumstantial evidence n. Evidence not bearing directly on the fact in dispute but on various attendant circumstances from which the judge or jury might infer the occurrence of the fact in dispute. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 59circumstantiality — circumstantial ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of evidence) consisting of facts that strongly suggest something, but do not provide conclusive proof. 2) containing full details. DERIVATIVES circumstantiality noun circumstantially adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 60circumstantially — circumstantial ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of evidence) consisting of facts that strongly suggest something, but do not provide conclusive proof. 2) containing full details. DERIVATIVES circumstantiality noun circumstantially adverb …

    English terms dictionary