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Definition of evidentiary
1 : being, relating to, or affording evidence photographs of evidentiary value
2 : conducted so that evidence may be presented an evidentiary hearing
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Recent Examples of evidentiary from the Web
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In this May 15, 2013, file photo, O.J. Simpson returns to the witness stand to testify after a break during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas.
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Orleans Criminal District Judge Byron C. Williams threw out the conviction and granted Shannon a new trial following a three-part evidentiary hearing that spanned several months.
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The panel made its unanimous decision following an evidentiary hearing in June considering a complaint filed by county resident Jay Guidry.
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But Dunn's office couldn't connect the evidentiary dots between the boys' setting of the Chimney Tops fire and the deadly fires five days later, Isaacs said.
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Wright said the board will gather more information at the evidentiary hearing scheduled for Aug. 8, including testimony from officers and other witnesses.
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Goethals is overseeing an evidentiary hearing in the case of Scott Dekraai, who confessed to gunning down eight people in a Seal Beach hair salon in 2011.
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An evidentiary hearing in the cases was held May 9.
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Méndez fired back, saying that an evidentiary hearing next week is far more substantive than what took place Wednesday.
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First Known Use of evidentiary
1810
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evidentiary
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adjective
ev·i·den·tia·ry
\ˌe-və-ˈden-chə-rē, -chē-ˌer-ē\
Legal Definition of evidentiary
1 : being, relating to, or affording evidence photographs of evidentiary value
2 : conducted so that evidence may be presented an evidentiary hearing
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