direct evidence

noun

1. evidence of a witness who testifies to the truth of the fact to be proved (circumstantial evidence ).

direct evidence

noun

1. law evidence, usually the testimony of a witness, directly relating to the fact in dispute Compare circumstantial evidence

Example Sentences

Plaintiffs’ attorneys have yet to provide direct evidence that state officials asked the Fire Department to tamp back its firefighting.

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"The muscle-specific microRNAs we found in mammoth tissues are direct evidence of gene regulation happening in real time in ancient times. It is the first time something like this has been achieved," he says.

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This is the first direct evidence quantifying how much Antarctica's climate has cooled since that ancient warm period.

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"Binaries like these had been predicted given earlier observations, but this is the first direct evidence for their existence."

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Researchers have made a major leap in solar physics by finding the first direct evidence of small-scale torsional Alfvén waves within the Sun's corona.

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