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evidence(encyclopedia)
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BEST EVIDENCE(law)
PRIMARY EVIDENCE(law)
PERTINENT, evidence(law)
HANDWRITING, evidence(law)

evidence(1) (iou)



evidence noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French evidence from Latin evidentia, from evident-: see EVIDENT, -ENCE.]
I. gen.
An example. Only in ME.
An indication, a sign; indications, signs. ME.
M. E. Herbert The country they were traversing gave evidence of careful cultivation. R. L. Stevenson We were surrounded by so many evidences of expense and toil.
Facts or testimony in support of a conclusion, statement, or belief. (Foll. by for, (in favour) of, against the conclusion etc.; of, from the facts etc.) ME.
G. B. Shaw There is the same evidence for it as for anything else that happened millions of years before we were born. E. Waugh I refuse to believe the evidence of my eyes...These creatures simply do not exist.
b. Something serving as a proof. LME-E18.
Manifestation, display. LME-E18.
The quality or condition of being evident; clearness, obviousness. M17.
II. Law.
Information (in the form of personal or documented testimony or the production of material objects) tending or used to establish facts in a legal investigation; a piece of information of this kind. LME.
Daily Telegraph From the evidence given at the inquiry, certain breaches occurred of the Acts and regulations.
b. Material admissible as testimony in a court of law. E19.
A document by means of which a fact is established; esp. (in pl.) title-deeds. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
A person who provides testimony or proof; a witness. L16-E19.
Phrases: bear evidence give evidence in a court of law. call in evidence call (a person) as a witness in a court of law. circumstantial evidence: see CIRCUMSTANTIAL adjective 1. external evidence: see EXTERNAL adjective 4. HEARSAY evidence. in evidence present; visible; conspicuous; (see also call in evidence above). internal evidence: see INTERNAL adjective. rules of evidence: see RULE noun. secondary evidence: see SECONDARY adjective. turn King's evidence, turn Queen's evidence, (US) turn State's evidence testify for the prosecution in a trial for a crime in which one is an accomplice.