evidentiary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌɛvɪˈdɛnʃiˌɛɹi/ (General-American)
- /ˌɛvɪˈdɛnʃəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Latin ēvidentia + -ary.
Meanings
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(US) Of or pertaining to evidence.
Evidentiary investigations are common in legal proceedings.
This issue led to an interim battle among the parties to exclude various expert witnesses regarding the aquifer's hydrogeology and a five-day evidentiary hearing before Special Master Eugene Siler in May 2019.
2021 October 1, Robin Craig, “In term-opener, justices will hear Mississippi’s complaint that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater”, in SCOTUSblog:
Antonyms
Deriveds
nonevidentiary · evidentiary abuse affidavit · evidentiary phase · evidentiarily