evidence [on one side.]
Roget category 467
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Evidence
[On one side.]
noun
evidence —
facts,
premises,
data,
praecognita [Lat.],
grounds.
indication
etc.
550 —
criterion
etc.
(test)
463.
testimony,
testification†,
expert testimony —
attestation —
deposition
etc.
(affirmation)
535 —
examination.
admission
etc.
(assent)
488 —
authority,
warrant,
credential,
diploma,
voucher,
certificate,
doquet†,
docket —
testamur† —
record
etc.
551 —
document —
pi ce justificative† —
deed,
warranty
etc.
(security)
771 —
signature,
seal
etc.
(identification)
550 —
exhibit,
material evidence,
objective evidence.
witness,
indicator,
hostile witness —
eyewitness,
earwitness,
material witness,
state's evidence —
deponent —
sponsor —
cojuror†.
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
etc.
(demonstration)
478 —
evidence in chief.
secondary evidence —
confirmation,
corroboration,
support —
ratification
etc.
(assent)
488 —
authentication —
compurgation†,
wager of law,
comprobation†.
citation,
reference —
legal research,
literature search
(experiment)
463.
verb
be evidence
etc.
n. —
evince,
show,
betoken,
tell of —
indicate
etc.
(denote)
550 —
imply,
involve,
argue,
bespeak,
breathe.
have weight,
carry weight —
tell,
speak volumes —
speak for itself
etc.
(manifest)
525.
rest upon,
depend upon —
repose on.
bear witness
etc.
n. —
give evidence
etc.
n. —
testify,
depose,
witness,
vouch for —
sign,
seal,
undersign†,
set one's hand and seal,
sign and seal,
deliver as one's act and deed,
certify,
attest —
acknowledge
etc.
(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
etc.
463.
have a case,
make out a case —
establish,
authenticate,
substantiate,
verify,
make good,
quote chapter and verse —
bring home to,
bring to book.
adjective
showing
etc.
v. —
indicative,
indicatory —
deducible
etc.
478 —
grounded on,
founded on,
based on —
corroborative,
confirmatory.
adverb
by inference —
according to,
witness,
a fortiori —
still more,
still less —
raison de plus [Fr.] —
in corroboration
etc.
n..
of —
valeat quantum [Lat.] —
under seal,
under one's hand and seal.
phrase
dictum de dicto [Lat.] —
mise en evidence [Fr.].
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