Evidence in its broadest sense includes everything that is used to determine or demonstrate the truth of an assertion. Giving or procuring evidence is the process of using those things that are either (a) presumed to be true, or (b) were themselves proven via evidence, to demonstrate an assertion's truth. Evidence is the currency by which one fulfills the burden of proof.

Many issues surround evidence, making it the subject of much discussion and disagreement. In addition to its subtlety, evidence plays an important role in many academic disciplines, including science and law, adding to the discourse surrounding it.

An important distinction in the field of evidence is that some circumstantial evidence and direct evidence, or evidence that suggests truth as opposed to evidence that directly proves truth. Many have seen this line to be less-than-clear and significant arguments have arisen over the difference.

Contents

• 1 Burden of proof
• 2 Problems in evidence
• 3 Evidence in science
• 4 Evidence in law
  • 4.1 Gathering evidence
  • 4.2 Evidence before the court
• 5 Types of evidence
• 6 See also
• 7 References
• 8 External links

Noun

evidence (usually uncountable; plural evidences)

1. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.

   There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier.

2. (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
   • 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, The Scotsman:

     For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.

Derived terms Terms derived from "evidence"

• anecdotal evidence
• circumstantial evidence

• evidence-based medicine

• hearsay evidence

Evidence in its broadest sense includes everything that is used to determine or demonstrate the truth of an assertion. Giving or procuring evidence is the process of using those things that are either (a) presumed to be true, or (b) were themselves proven via evidence, to demonstrate an assertion's truth. Evidence is the currency by which one fulfills the burden of proof.

Contents

• 1 Sourced
  • 1.1 The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904)
• 2 See also
• 3 External links

Sourced

• Human nature constitutes a part of the evidence in every case.
  • Elisha Potter, Greene v. Harris, 11 R.I. 5, 17 (1875).

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