evidence
/ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/ noun A2- Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. · There is no demonstrative evidence that anyone was here earlier.· We have enough cold hard evidence in that presentation which will make a world of pain for our parasitic friends at Antarctica.
- Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
- One who bears witness.
- A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.
Plural evidences
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Drebber, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.’ There had been no robbery, nor is there any evidence as to how the man met his death.
However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
Such, in its essentials, was the evidence of the butler.
They lay all the evidence before me, and I am generally able, by the help of my knowledge of the history of crime, to set them straight.
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