Evidence

Definition of Evidence

Ev´i`dence

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement.

Faith is . . . the evidence of things not seen.

- Heb. xi. 1.

O glorious trial of exceeding love
Illustrious evidence, example high.

- Milton.

One who bears witness.

(Law) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; - the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it.

Circumstantial evidence
See under Circumstantial, Conclusive, etc.

Crown's evidence
evidence for the crown, in English courts; equivalent to state's evidence in American courts.

State's evidence
evidence for the government or the people.

To turn King's evidence
to confess a crime and give evidence against one's accomplices.

v. t.

To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender.

[imp. & p. p. Evidenced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Evidencing .]

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