Direct Evidence

Direct Evidence in United Kingdom

Definition of Direct Evidence

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Direct Evidence : (original evidence)

1. A statement made by a witness in court offered as proof of the truth of any fact stated by him.

Compare hearsay evidence.

2. A statement of a witness that he perceived a fact in issue with one of his five senses or that he was in a particular physical or mental state.

Compare circumstantial evidence.


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