Indirect Evidence
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Evidence which does not prove the fact in question, but one from which it may be presumed. See "Evidence." •
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Evidence which does not prove the fact in question, but one from which it may be presumed. Inferential evidence as to the truth of a disputed fact, not by testimony of any witness to the fact, but by collateral circumstances ascertained by competent means. 1 Stark. Ev. 15; Wills, Circ. Ev. 24; Best, Ev. 21, § 27, note; 1 Greenl. Ev. § 13. INDITEE (L. Fr.). In Old English Law. A person indicted. 9 Coke. INDIVID UUM (Lat). In the Civil Law. That cannot be divided. Calv. Lex.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Evidence which goes to prove a fact, by establishing otheir or subordinate facts, from which the principal fact may be inferred.