Evidence
Evidence
#467. Evidence. [On one side.] -- N. evidence; facts, premises, data,
praecognita[Lat], grounds.
- indication &c. 550; criterion &c. (test) 463.
- testimony, testification[obs], expert testimony; attestation;
deposition &c. (affirmation) 535; examination.
- admission &c. (assent) 488; authority, warrant, credential, diploma,
voucher, certificate, doquet[obs], docket; testamur[obs]; record &c. 551;
document; pi
ce justificative[obs]; deed, warranty &c. (security) 771;
signature, seal &c. (identification) 550; exhibit, material evidence,
objective evidence.
- witness, indicator, hostile witness; eyewitness, earwitness, material
witness, state's evidence; deponent; sponsor; cojuror[obs].
- oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external
evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence,
circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence[Lat],
presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence; proof &c.
(demonstration) 478; evidence in chief.
- secondary evidence; confirmation, corroboration, support; ratification
&c. (assent) 488; authentication; compurgation[obs], wager of law,
comprobation|.
- citation, reference; legal research, literature search (experiment)
463.
- V. be evidence &c. n.; evince, show, betoken, tell of; indicate &c.
(denote) 550; imply, involve, argue, bespeak, breathe.
- have weight, carry weight; tell, speak volumes; speak for itself &c.
(manifest) 525.
- rest upon, depend upon; repose on.
- bear witness &c. n.; give evidence &c. n.; testify, depose, witness,
vouch for; sign, seal, undersign[obs], set one's hand and seal, sign and
seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge &c.
(assent) 488.
- [provide conclusive evidence] make absolute, confirm, prove
(demonstrate) 478.
- [add further evidence] indorse, countersign, corroborate, support,
ratify, bear out, uphold, warrant.
- adduce, attest, cite, quote; refer to, appeal to; call, call to
witness; bring forward, bring into court; allege, plead; produce witnesses,
confront witnesses.
- place into evidence, mark into evidence.
- [obtain evidence] collect evidence, bring together evidence, rake up
evidence; experiment &c. 463.
- have a case, make out a case; establish, authenticate, substantiate,
verify, make good, quote chapter and verse; bring home to, bring to book.
- Adj. showing &c. v.; indicative, indicatory; deducible &c. 478;
grounded on, founded on, based on; corroborative, confirmatory.
- Adv. by inference; according to, witness, a fortiori; still more,
still less; raison de plus[Fr]; in corroboration &c. n. of; valeat
quantum[Lat]; under seal, under one's hand and seal.
- Phr. dictum de dicto[Lat]; mise en evidence[Fr.].