Relevant evidence
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 509 U.S. 579 - Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 1993Most cited · 25,656 citing opinions
that which has "any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence." Rule 401.
United States Code
38 U.S.C. § 101 — for the purposes of this title
The term “relevant evidence” means evidence that tends to prove or disprove a matter in issue.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Such evidence as relates to, or bears directly upon, the point or fact in issue, and proves or has a tendency to prove the proposition alleged; evidence which conduces to prove a pertinent theory in a case. Platner v. Plainer, 78 N. Y. 95; Seller v. Jenkins, 97 Ind. 438: Levy v. Campbell (Text) 20 S. W. 196; State v O'Neil, 13 Or. 183, 9 Pac. 286; 1 Whart. Ev. § 20
Defined under Evidence in Black's Law Dictionary.