evidentiary

American  

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

adjective

1. evidential.

2. Law. pertaining to or constituting evidence.

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Other Word Forms

• nonevidentiary adjective

Etymology

Origin of evidentiary

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

Example Sentences

It investigates alleged crimes and prosecutes when evidentiary standards are met.

From The Wall Street Journal

The agency’s mindset remains: evidentiary maximalism detached from clinical reality, indifference to patient urgency, and hostility to the flexibility Congress intended.

From The Wall Street Journal

The agency’s mindset remains: evidentiary maximalism detached from clinical reality, indifference to patient urgency, and hostility to the flexibility Congress intended.

From The Wall Street Journal

The same mindset governs: evidentiary maximalism detached from clinical reality, indifference to patient urgency, and hostility to the flexibility Congress intended.

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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