单词 | to give in evidence |
释义 | > as lemmasto give in evidence a. Information (in the form of personal or documented testimony or the production of material objects), tending or used to establish facts in a legal investigation. Also in to bear evidence, to give in evidence, to give evidence. Also in figurative contexts.See also circumstantial evidence at circumstantial adj. 1a, presumptive evidence at presumptive adj. 2. For prima facie evidence see prima facie adj. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] evidencea1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxxxvii. 872 [Smaragdus] makeþ men haue gode wordes and fair euidence in cause and in plee. 1504 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1504 §14. m. 15 The seid justices shall awarde to the same persone so gevyng evidens .x. s. 1518 W. Neville Castell of Pleasure sig. C.vi Yf forther age wold agayne the gyue euydence Sayng they were wel occupyed yt were troubled with ye. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vi. f. 114 Euery one of them geuing in euidence that they had spoken afore. 1567 H. G. tr. G. Boccaccio Pleasaunt Disport Diuers Noble Personages x. f. 44v An vniust accusation was brought against hir..before the Magistrate, and after by false euidence proued. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiii. 31 Ile see their triall first, bring in their euidence . View more context for this quotation 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. sig. A5v So, S. Chrysostome that liued in S. Hieromes time, giueth euidence with him. 1613 T. Potts Wonderfull Discov. Witches sig. Z2 After all these Examinations, Confessions, and Euidence, deliuered in open Court against her, His Lordship commanded the Iurie to obserue the particular circumstances. 1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch Ded. sig. C2v They..transported their Evidence to another [country], where they knew 'twas vendible. a1719 J. Addison Evid. Christian Relig. (1730) 23 They bear evidence to a history in defence of Christianity. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. iv. 58 To find proper evidence for convicting the offenders. 1863 Royal Charter §16 in London Univ. Cal. (1866) 25 Which Register shall be conclusive evidence that any person whose name shall appear thereon..is..entitled to vote. 1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. x. 333 The other terms of the tenancy may be proved by parol or verbal evidence without writing. 1950 E. P. Goldschmidt Printed Bk. of Renaissance p. vii He did not trouble..to refute my charges, but he insisted on a more exact formulation of my views. He challenged me to produce my evidence. 1955 Manch. Guardian 4 Mar. 11/4 The case was opened on February 15, when several witnesses gave evidence before Alderman C. G. S. Gordon. 2014 M. Gaskill Between Two Worlds xx. 370 A principal witness..had retracted her evidence. < as lemmas |
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