praecognita [Lat.], grounds.
indication &c 550; criterion &c (test) 463.
testimony, testification†, expert testimony; attestation;
deposition &c (affirmation) 535; examination.
admission &c (assent) 488; authority, warrant, credential,
diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet†, docket; testamur†; record &c
551; document; pi ce justificative†; deed, warranty &c (security) 771;
signature, seal &c (identification) 550; exhibit, material evidence,
objective evidence.
witness, indicator, hostile witness; eyewitness, earwitness,
material witness, state's evidence; deponent; sponsor; cojuror†.
oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external
evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence,
circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence [Lat.],
presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence; proof
&c (demonstration) 478; evidence in chief.
secondary evidence; confirmation, corroboration, support;
ratification &c (assent) 488; authentication; compurgation†, wager of
law, comprobation†.
citation, reference; legal research, literature search
(experiment) 463.
V. be evidence &c n.; evince, show, betoken, tell of; indicate &c
(denote) 550; imply, involve, argue, bespeak, breathe.
have weight, carry weight; tell, speak volumes; speak for itself
&c (manifest) 525.
rest upon, depend upon; repose on.
bear witness &c n.; give evidence &c n.; testify, depose, witness,
vouch for; sign, seal, undersign†, set one's hand and seal, sign and
seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge &c
(assent) 488.
[provide conclusive evidence] make absolute, confirm, prove
(demonstrate) 478.
[add further evidence] indorse, countersign, corroborate, support,
ratify, bear out, uphold, warrant.
adduce, attest, cite, quote; refer to, appeal to; call, call to
witness; bring forward, bring into court; allege, plead; produce
witnesses, confront witnesses.
place into evidence, mark into evidence.
[obtain evidence] collect evidence, bring together evidence, rake
up evidence; experiment &c 463.
have a case, make out a case; establish, authenticate,
substantiate, verify, make good, quote chapter and verse; bring home
to, bring to book.
Adj. showing &c v.; indicative, indicatory; deducible &c 478; grounded
on, founded on, based on; corroborative, confirmatory.
Adv. by inference; according to, witness, a fortiori; still more, still
less; raison de plus [Fr.]; in corroboration &c n.. of; valeat quantum
[Lat.]; under seal, under one's hand and seal.
Phr. dictum de dicto [Lat.]; mise en evidence [Fr.].