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evidence from which a fact is reasonably inferred, but not directly proven- She argued that the accusations against her client were based on the worst kind of circumstantial evidence.
circumstantial evidence = evidence from which a fact can be inferred, but not directly proven
- The appeals court found that the circumstantial evidence was not sufficient for a guilty verdict.
- We don't know, but there is circumstantial evidence to indicate that Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- "But lots of folks have been hung— hanged— on circumstantial evidence," said Jem.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- He said he didn't have any quarrel with the rape statute, none what ever, but he did have deep misgivings when the state asked for and the jury gave a death penalty on purely circumstantial evidence.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- There is only circumstantial evidence that Personnel $2222 contacted Adversaries regarding location of Witness $599-6.Robert Cormier -- I Am the Cheese
- Circumstantial evidence was never stronger.James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pathfinder
- A grieving family hammered by cops, circumstantial evidence, and three women with their throats cut open.J.D. Robb -- Glory in Death
- —O that, Stephen expostulated, has been proved conclusively by several of the bestknown passages in Holy Writ, apart from circumstantial evidence.James Joyce -- Ulysses
- Pete Earley's book Circumstantial Evidence was published a few months after Walter was freed, and it provided a detailed account of the case.Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
- IN SPITE OF ALMOST OVERWHELMING CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
- Circumstantial evidence makes it probable that it was not different in this particular from the two others.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers
- As for the charge of arson, the case has been founded on purely circumstantial evidence.Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy
- How did one find the truth beyond all suspicion, beyond all circumstantial evidence?Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
- It was granted that this was plenty good enough circumstantial evidence.Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson
- We've got enough circumstantial evidence to get a conviction.Scott Pratt -- An Innocent Client
- Lincoln admitted that they were based on circumstantial evidence. slave nation.Richard Hofstadter -- Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth
- That was serious circumstantial evidence.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
- I had no fear, therefore, that any circumstantial evidence could be brought forward strong enough to convict her.Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
- Often, how louder and clearer than any tongue, does dumb circumstantial evidence speak.Mark Twain -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
circumstantial evidence = evidence from which a fact is inferred, but not directly proven
circumstantial evidence = evidence from which a fact is reasonably inferred, although not directly proven
circumstantial evidence = evidence from which a fact is reasonably inferred, but not directly proven
circumstantial evidence = evidence from which a fact is reasonably inferred, but not directly proven