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Direct evidence

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Precise facts in issue to which a witness will testify. See 59 Mass. 295, 52 Am. Dec. 711.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Evidence directly proving any matter, as opposed to circumstantial evidence, which is often callet “indirect.” It is usually conclusive, but, like other evidence, it is fallible, and that en various accounts. Itis not to ba confounded with primary evidence, as opposed to sec. ondary, although in point of fact it usuaily is primary. Grown.