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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....

May be accepted as evidence

May be accepted as evidence, indicate that there is no compulsion on the court to accept such transaction as evidence, but it is open to the court to treat them as evidence. Merely accepting them as evidence does not mean that the court is bound to treat them as reliable evidence, Land Acquisition Officer & Mandal Revenue Officer v. V. Narasaiah, (2001) 3 SCC 530....

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....

corroborative evidence

corroborative evidence : corroborating evidence at 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....

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