NOUN
- evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute
How To Use circumstantial evidence In A Sentence
- It must be remembered that most criminals are convicted in our courts of law, by circumstantial evidence.
- Still, this was all circumstantial evidence rather than proof. Times, Sunday Times
- BANFIELD: Yes, that's what you call circumstantial evidence. CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2009
- The circumstantial evidence all pointed towards cold as the precursor to death, but despite this the official inquiry gave drowning as the cause of death in every case.
- She has portrayed herself as a victim of a witch-hunt by power-mad officials who would use circumstantial evidence to ruin her reputation and career.
- The circumstantial evidence all attests to these being excellent translations.
- The criminal inquiry relies on circumstantial evidence and does not solve the riddle of MH370. Times, Sunday Times
- The circumstantial evidence is merely overwhelming.
- Yet the circumstantial evidence is compelling. Times, Sunday Times
- That is four England players in a year with similar injuries, all circumstantial evidence that the human spine can only take so much rugby. Times, Sunday Times
