Evidence - Law Dictionary Search Results
defense
allegation in a complaint or to a charge in a charging instrument (as an indictment) ;also : the evidence and arguments presented supporting the defendant's opposition see also accord, alibi, assumption of risk, coercion, consent contributory negligence
document
see also instrument 2 a : something (as a writing, photograph, or recording) that may be used as evidence b : an official paper (as a license) relied on as the basis, proof, or support of something
Foundation
Hospital case, (1613) 10 Rep 1; 1 Bl. Com. 468]. The basis on which something is supported, esp. evidence or testimony that establishes the admissibility of other evidence, Black's Law Dic-tionary, 7th Edn., p. 667. The founding
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fact
to exist in reality : a thing whose actual occurrence or existence is to be determined by the evidence presented at trial see also finding of fact at finding, judicial notice question of fact at question, trier
presumption
or policy of law regardless of fact presumption of survivorship : the presumption in the absence of direct evidence that of two or more persons dying in a common disaster (as a fire) one was the last
probative
by a defendant is often of nothing "Case & Comment"] compare prejudicial 2 : of or relating to proof [evidence with value]
rebut
French reboter, from re- back + boter to push, butt] : to refute, counteract, or disprove (as opposing evidence) by evidence or argument [ damaging testimony] [ a presumption] re·but·ta·ble adj re·but·ta·bly adv
case
the points of law ruled upon and as useful in resolving new questions of law c : the evidence and arguments presented by a party in court see also case stated case in chief : the main
Presume
Presume, in Black's Law Dictionary, it has been defined to mean 'to believe or accept upon probable evidence'. In Shorter Oxford English Dictionary it has been mentioned that in law 'presume' means 'to take as proved
Larrison rule
the doctrine that a defendant may be entitled to a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence of false testimony by a government witness if the jury might have reached a different conclusion without the
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