CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute

Synonyms:

circumstantial evidence; indirect evidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("circumstantial evidence" is a kind of...):

evidence ((law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Antonym:

direct evidence (evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute)