indirect evidence

n. Circumstantial evidence.

cir′cumstan′tial ev′idence

n. proof of facts offered as evidence from which other facts are to be inferred. [1730–40]

Thesaurus

Noun

indirect evidence - evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in disputecircumstantial evidenceevidence - (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disprovedlaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

Translations

prova indiziaria

Indirect Evidence

Probative matter that does not proximately relate to an issue but that establishes a hypothesis by showing various consistent facts.

Cross-references

Evidence.

INDIRECT EVIDENCE. That proof which does not prove the fact in question, but proves another, the certainty of which may lead to the discovery of the truth of the one sought.

indirect evidence