Eviction
(E*vic"tion) n. [L. evictio: cf. F. éviction.]
1. The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from
another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.
2. Conclusive evidence; proof. [Obs.]
Full eviction of this fatal truth.
South. Evidence
(Ev"i*dence) n. [F. évidence, L. Evidentia. See Evident.]
1. That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of
proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood
of a statement.
Faith is . . . the evidence of things not seen.
Heb. xi. 1.
O glorious trial of exceeding love
Illustrious evidence, example high.
Milton. 2. One who bears witness. [R.] "Infamous and perjured evidences." Sir W. Scott.
3. (Law) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth
of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; — the latter, strictly
speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it. Greenleaf.
Circumstantial evidence, Conclusive evidence, etc. See under Circumstantial, Conclusive, etc.
— Crown's, King's, or Queen's evidence, evidence for the crown. [Eng.] — State's evidence,
evidence for the government or the people. [U. S. ] — To turn King's, Queen's or State's evidence,
to confess a crime and give evidence against one's accomplices.
Syn. — Testimony; proof. See Testimony.
Evidence
(Ev"i*dence), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evidenced ; p, pr. & vb. n. Evidencing ] To render evident
or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender. Milton.
Evidencer
(Ev"i*den*cer) n. One who gives evidence.
Evident
(Ev"i*dent) a. [F. évinent, l. evidens, -entis; e out + videns, p. pr. of videre to see. See Vision.]
Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure
or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident.
Your honor and your goodness is so evident.
Shak.
And in our faces evident the signs
Of foul concupiscence.
Milton. Syn. — Manifest; plain; clear; obvious; visible; apparent; conclusive; indubitable; palpable; notorious. See
Manifest.
Evidential
(Ev`i*den"tial) a. Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences
of Christianity. Bp. Fleetwood. "Evidential tracks." Earle.. — Ev`i*den"tial*ly, adv.
Evidentiary
(Ev`i*den"ti*a*ry) a. Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential.
When a fact is supposed, although incorrectly, to be evidentiary of, or a mark of, some other fact.
J. S.
Mill.
