evidentiary

American

[ev-i-den-shuh-ree] / ˌɛv ɪˈdɛn ʃə ri /

adjective

evidential.
Law. pertaining to or constituting evidence.

Other Word Forms

nonevidentiary adjective

Etymology

Origin of evidentiary

1800–10; < Latin ēvidenti ( a ) evidence + -ary

Example Sentences

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He dismissed statements from prosecution witnesses as "assumption layered upon hearsay" and urged the judging panel to give them "negligible evidentiary weight".

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Meekins warns that these structural strains, combined with shifting evidentiary standards and policy whiplash, risk giving China an edge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

It was a nonsense statement from an evidentiary point of view, but they took it, and here’s your puppy prison.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

Judge William Fitzpatrick ordered interim US Attorney for Eastern Virginia Lindsey Halligan to turn over grand jury materials to Comey, noting that the evidentiary relief sought by his lawyers was “rarely granted.”

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2025

No definitive data exist, but the majority of the extant evidentiary scraps indicate it.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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