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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Evidence \Ev"i*dence\, n. [F. ['e]vidence, 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 {Tesimony}.
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