Circumstantial Evidence (Noun)
Meaning
Evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The detective gathered circumstantial evidence from eyewitness accounts to piece together the events of the crime scene.
- A suspicious conversation at the bar was one of the few pieces of circumstantial evidence the prosecutor had to link the suspect to the murder.
- The hair found at the scene was circumstantial evidence used by the jury to acquit the wrongly accused man.
- Circumstantial evidence found in the victim's phone and laptop led the investigators to the prime suspect.
- The trial mainly relied on circumstantial evidence of a suspicious transaction on the defendant's bank statement to build a case of embezzlement.