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DIRECT EVIDENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("direct evidence" is a kind of...):
evidence ((law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Antonym:
circumstantial evidence (evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute)