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Perceptibility

The quality or state of being perceptible as the perceptibility of light or color...


Perceptivity

The quality or state of being perceptive power of perception...


Perceptive

Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving having the faculty or power of perceiving used in perception...


plain view

plain view 1 : a location or field of perception in which something is plainly apparent 2 : a doctrine that permits the search, seizure, and use of evidence obtained without a search warrant when such evidence was plainly perceptible in the course of lawful procedure and the police had probable cause to believe it was incriminating see also inadvertent discovery compare fruit of the poisonous tree ...


testimony

testimony pl: -nies [Latin testimonium, from testis witness] : evidence furnished by a witness under oath or affirmation and either orally or in an affidavit or deposition former testimony : testimony that a witness gives at a different proceeding (as another hearing or a deposition) NOTE: Under Federal Rule of Evidence 804, former testimony is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule when the declarant is unavailable and if a predecessor in interest in a civil proceeding or the party against whom the testimony is offered had an opportunity and similar motive to develop the testimony. negative testimony : testimony concerning what did not happen ;esp : testimony concerning what one did not perceive [negative testimony that the witness did not hear a train whistle] NOTE: Negative testimony is sometimes accorded the same weight as positive testimony when the witness was in a position to perceive something and was eagerly attentive. opinion testimony : testimony relaying o...


Insentient

Not sentient not having perception or the power of perception devoid of feeling consciousness and animation inanimate as insentient stone Opposite of sentient...


Sensibly

In a sensible manner so as to be perceptible to the senses or to the mind appreciably with perception susceptibly sensitively...


scintilla

scintilla : a small trace or barely perceptible amount of something (as evidence supporting a position) ...


suggestive mark

suggestive mark A mark that, when applied to the goods or services at issue, requires imagination, thought or perception to reach a conclusion as to the nature of those goods or services. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...


Bayou

An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico from a lake or from a large river sometimes sluggish sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind...


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