| NOUN | communication | indirect evidence, circumstantial evidence | evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute |
|---|
| Meaning | evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | circumstantial evidence | |
| 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 | direct evidence | evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute |
| Spanish | evidencia circunstancial, pruebas circunstanciales | |
| Catalan | proves indirectes | |
©2001-25 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact