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Definition
evidence from which a fact is reasonably inferred, but not directly proven
- I had no fear, therefore, that any circumstantial evidence could be brought forward strong enough to convict her.Chapter 7 (90% in)
- "That evidence," he observed, "was hardly required in so glaring a case, but I am glad of it, and, indeed, none of our judges like to condemn a criminal upon circumstantial evidence, be it ever so decisive."Chapter 8 (54% in)
There are no more uses of "circumstantial evidence" in Frankenstein.
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