Meaning circumstantial evidence
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circumstantial evidence


n. evidence in a trial which is not directly from an eyewitness o...
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circumstantial evidence


Testimony or information not based on actual personal knowledge or observation, but dependent on inference of other facts or experience. For example, testimony that defendant?s cigarette lighter was f [..]
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circumstantial evidence


Evidence that proves a fact by means of an inference. For example, from the evidence that a person was seen running away from the scene of a crime, a judge or jury may infer that the person committed [..]
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circumstantial evidence


see evidence
Source: dictionary.findlaw.com

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Circumstantial evidence is indirect evidence which creates an inference from which a main fact may be inferred. For example, circumstantial evidenceof a murder is not based on first-hand eyewitness ac [..]
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Evidence which suggests something by implication, from which an inference can be drawn, e.g., physical evidence, such as fingerprints. Also called indirect evidence. Compare direct evidence.
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circumstantial evidence


All evidence except eyewitness testimony. Evidence from which an inference must be drawn. Examples include documents, photographs, and physical evidence, such as fingerprints.
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circumstantial evidence


Evidence that suggests indirectly that a certain fact is true.
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circumstantial evidence


All evidence of an indirect nature. Testimony not based on actual personal knowledge or observation of the facts in controversy.
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circumstantial evidence


All evidence that is not direct evidence (such as eyewitness testimony).
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circumstantial evidence


All evidence that is indirect. Testimony not based on actual personal knowledge or observation of the facts in dispute.
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circumstantial evidence


Facts or testimony not based on actual personal knowledge or observation, by which other non-substantiated facts can be reasonably inferred.
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circumstantial evidence


All evidence except eyewitness testimony.
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circumstantial evidence


Evidence that merely suggests something by implication. The law does not distinguish between the weight to be given to direct, or eyewitness, evidence and circumstantial evidence. Jurors are instructe [..]
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Circumstantial evidence is material presented in a trial or hearing that supports an assertion but does not conclusively prove it. Circumstantial evidence is a weaker form of evidence than direct evid [..]
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There are two types of evidence in a criminal trial: direct evidence and circumstantial evidence.  Both direct and circumstantial evidence carry equal importance in a criminal case. Direct and circumstantial evidence are presented to the court by the defense and the prosecution in an attempt to prove their version of the facts in question.  For a d [..]
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circumstantial evidence


Facts or testimony not based upon actual personal knowledge or observation by which other unsubstantiated facts can be reasonably inferred.
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circumstantial evidence


All evidence except eyewitness testimony. clerk of court:
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circumstantial evidence


All evidence except eyewitness testimony. One example is physical evidence, such as fingerprints, from which an inference can be drawn.
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circumstantial evidence


Facts that might lead one, indirectly, to the conclusion of guilt or innocence in a particular case.
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circumstantial evidence


Evidence that requires an inference be made by the finder of fact. This is opposed to direct evidence
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