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Weight of evidence

Weight of evidence, such superiority in the evidence for one side over that for the other as calls for a verdict for the first. When a new trial is asked for on the ground that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence, the judge who tried the cause is consulted, and it does not very often happen that a new trial is ordered if he reports that he is satisfied with the verdict (R.S.C. Ord. XXXIX., r. 6, and notes thereto in Annual Practice).The persuasiveness of some evidence in comparison with other evidence, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1588....

Indirect evidence

Indirect evidence, proof of collateral circumstances from which a fact in controversy, not directly attested by witnesses or documents, may be inferred. It is also called circumstantial and presumptive evidence. See Taylor or Best on Evidence....

federal rules of evidence

federal rules of evidence Rules which govern the admissibility of evidence at trials in the Federal District Courts and before U.S. Magistrates. Many states have adopted evidence rules patterned on these federal rules. Source: FindLaw ...

preponderance of the evidence

preponderance of the evidence ;also : the evidence meeting this standard [plaintiffs must show by a preponderance of the evidence that defendant's negligence proximately caused the injuries] compare clear and convincing, reasonable doubt ...

state's evidence

state's evidence : a participant or accomplice in a crime who gives evidence to the prosecution esp. in return for a reduced sentence used chiefly in the phrase turn state's evidence ...

Acceptance of evidence

Acceptance of evidence, is not a term of art. It has an etymological meaning. It envisages exercise of judicial mind to the materials on record. Acceptance of evidence by a court would be dependent upon the facts of the case and other relevant factors. A piece of evidence in a given situation may be accepted by a court of law but in another it may not be, Cement Corpn. of India Ltd. v. Purya, (2004) 8 SCC 270. [Land Acquisition Act, 1894, s. 51A]...

Makes any order admitting any instrument in evidence

Makes any order admitting any instrument in evidence, the order is an order about the sufficiency or insufficiency of the stamp with reference to a document which has been admitted in evidence. No formal or specific order admitting the document in evidence, H.H. Sir Syed Raza Ali Khan v. Dr. Saran Behari Mathur, AIR 1960 All 359....

Primary evidence

Primary evidence, the best evidence as distinguished from secondary evidence....

corroborative evidence

corroborative evidence : corroborating evidence at evidence ...

Conclusive evidence and conclusive proof

Conclusive evidence and conclusive proof, There is thus no difference between the effect of the expression 'conclusive evidence' from that of 'conclusive proof' the aim of both being to give finality to the establishment of the existence of a fact from the proof of another, Somawanti v. State of Punjab, AIR 1963 SC 151 (159): (1963) 3 SCR 774. [Land Acquistion Act (10 of 1894), s. 6(3)]...

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