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circumstantial evidence

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.

circumstantial evidence

indirect evidence that tends to establish a conclusion by inference Compare direct evidence

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circumstantial evidence - evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute

indirect evidence

evidence - (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

direct evidence - evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute

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circumstantial evidence n → prova indiziaria

In his lay capacity, he persisted in sitting down in the damp to such an insane extent, that when his coat was taken off to be dried at the kitchen fire, the circumstantial evidence on his trousers would have hanged him if it had been a capital offence.

Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context

And if the ear-rings being found in Nikolay's hands at the very day and hour of the murder constitutes an important piece of circumstantial evidence against him--although the explanation given by him accounts for it, and therefore it does not tell seriously against him--one must take into consideration the facts which prove him innocent, especially as they are facts that /cannot be denied/.

Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

To be the friend of Swiveller you must reject all circumstantial evidence, all reason, observation, and experience, and repose a blind belief in the bookcase.

The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context

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