Legal glossary category
Evidence
Browse 6 glossary entries in the Evidence category, with short plain-English descriptions and direct links to the full term pages.
evidence
Evidence is like showing your teacher a permission slip when you want to go on a field trip.
Open term →evidenced
If you say your dog ate the homework, and you show the chewed-up paper, that claim is evidenced.
Open term →exhibit
Think of it like the permission slip for a field trip; the main letter says you can go, but the slip is the proof that lets you actually participate.
Open term →expert
An expert acts like a teacher in a courtroom.
Open term →fact
A fact is like having that permission slip signed by your parent; it proves you are allowed to go to the park.
Open term →highest
It's like proving you stole cookies: Preponderance is just saying you probably ate them (51%); Highest proof means everyone in the room *must* beli...
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