CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does circumstantial evidence mean? 

• CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE (noun)
  The noun CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE has 1 sense:

1. evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute

  Familiarity information: CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

circumstantial evidence; indirect evidence

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)