NOUN | communication | direct evidence | evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute |
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Meaning | evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute. | |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | evidence | (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved |
Opposite | circumstantial evidence, indirect evidence | evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute |
Spanish | evidencia directa |
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