circumstantial evidence

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noun
  1. proof of facts offered as evidence from which other facts are to be inferred (contrasted with direct evidence).

Origin of circumstantial evidence

1
First recorded in 1730–40

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circumstantial evidence

noun
  1. indirect evidence that tends to establish a conclusion by inference: Compare direct evidence

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