State's Evidence
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A term used in the United States corresponding to the king's (or queen's) evidence of England.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See King’s Evidence; Prover.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A popular term for testimony given by an accomplice or joint participant in the commission of a crime tending to criminate or convict the others, and given under an actual or implied promise of immunity for himself.
— Substantive evidence. that adduced for the purpose of proving a fact in issue, as opposed to evidence given for the purpose of discrediting a witness, (i. e., showing that he is unworthy of belief.) or or corroborating his testimony. Best, Ev. 246, 773, 803.
—-Substitutionary evidence. Such as is admitted as a substifute for what would be the original or primary instrument of evidence; as where a witness is permitted to testify to the contents of a lost document.
Defined under Evidence in Black's Law Dictionary.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
t. Queen's evidence.