Preappointed Evidence
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Evidence whose nature and quantity are prescribed beforehand by law, as for the attestation of wills.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Evidence, the form and character of which are prescribed.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The kind and degree of evidence prescribed in advance (as, by statute) as requisite for the proof of certain facts or the establishment of certain instruments. It ls opposed to casual evidence, which is left to grow naturally out of the surrounding circumstances.