evidentiary

adjective

ev·​i·​den·​tia·​ry ˌe-və-ˈden-chə-rē How to pronounce evidentiary (audio)
-chē-ˌer-ē
1
: being, relating to, or affording evidence
photographs of evidentiary value
2
: conducted so that evidence may be presented
an evidentiary hearing

Examples of evidentiary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Have represented clients in at least ten felony jury trials, 15 evidentiary hearings, and five conviction appeals. David Stubblefield, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024 No evidence was produced during the earlier evidentiary hearings that showed the defendants' constitutional rights were affected by Wade and Willis' relationship, Abbate said. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024 The evidentiary thresholds under these laws are quite low. Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 But in 2011, a federal magistrate judge read the petition Coleman had written on a typewriter in his cell and granted him an evidentiary hearing. Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024 An evidentiary hearing is scheduled for March 28 regarding the issues at hand in Gentry’s request to have the case tried in a different county. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024 Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee held a two-day evidentiary hearing last week on motions by Roman and others to disqualify Willis and her office from the case. Kate Brumback The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2024 But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals four months later rejected a request for an evidentiary hearing and a new execution date was set for Feb. 28. Albinson Linares, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024 This past Monday, McAfee held a preliminary meeting on whether to even have the evidentiary hearing at all into whether to essentially torpedo the Trump election case by disqualifying Willis and possibly her entire office. USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of evidentiary was in 1780

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Cite this Entry

“Evidentiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evidentiary. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Legal Definition

evidentiary

adjective
ev·​i·​den·​tia·​ry ˌe-və-ˈden-chə-rē, -chē-ˌer-ē How to pronounce evidentiary (audio)
1
: being, relating to, or affording evidence
photographs of evidentiary value
2
: conducted so that evidence may be presented
an evidentiary hearing
evidentiarily adverb
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