evidentiary

[ ev-i-den-shuh-ree ]

adjective

1. evidential.
2. Law. pertaining to or constituting evidence.

Other Words From

• nonev·i·dentia·ry adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of evidentiary¹

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

Example Sentences

Police investigators failed to follow basic evidentiary procedure in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, according to the findings of the Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

From Washington Post

That proximity to the escalators is also a symbolic and physical link to the lower floors of the museum, where the subject matter deals with history in more strictly narrative and evidentiary ways.

From Washington Post

Verhaegen, along with a handful of other scientists, began to amass new kinds of evidentiary support for an aquatic phase in human history.

From Nautilus

The legislation also would have changed the legal standard for overturning an election from “reasonable doubt” to “preponderance of the evidence” — a much lower evidentiary bar.

From Washington Post

Investigators determined that very little evidentiary value could be obtained from this recording as it was conducted after the raid was over.

From Washington Post

The evidentiary rules for conviction were nearly impossible to meet.

From The Daily Beast

“We have a detailed audit system that tracks the life cycle of an evidentiary item for record-keeping purposes,” she said.

From The Daily Beast

Nencini decided that the appellate court that set Knox free erred in evidentiary and legal matters.

From The Daily Beast

Intelligent design (ID) and creationism lack this broad-based evidentiary support.

From The Daily Beast

To call this claim “speculative” radically overstates its evidentiary foundation.

From The Daily Beast

Please, Mr. Oswald—when you say she started relating this incident, it doesn't help us any, it is not evidentiary.

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