evictor (eviktor)

One who evicts. As it is notorious that tenants rarely have any money laid by, one of the main ideas in the mind of evictors since its pa ing has been to break their tenancies under it [the Contemporary Rer ., LI. 129. Act of 1881]. evidence (ev'i-dens), n. [ Those beliefs are “evidently" true which can, on reflection, be seen to be so evident that we require no grounds at all for believing them save the ground of their own very evidence. Mivart, Nature and Thought, p. 133. 2. The means by which the existence or nonexistence or the truth or falsehood of an alleged fact is ascertained or made evident; testimony; witne ; hence, more generally, the facts upon which reasoning from effect to cause is based; that which makes evident or plain; the experiential premises of a proof. "These aren euydences," quath Hunger, "for hem that wolle nat swynken, That here (their) lyflode be lene, and lytel worth here clothes," Piers Plowman (C), ix. 263. There is not a greater Evidence of God's Care and Love to his Creature than Affliction. Howell , Letters, I. vi. 57. 2042 Evidence for the imputation there was scarcely any; unle reports wandering from one mouth to another, and gaining something by every transmi ion, may be called Macaulay, Warren Hastings. evidence. Whenever a true theory appears, it will be its own eridence. Emerson, Nature, p. 7. Evidence signifies that which demonstrates, makes clear, or ascertains the truth of the very fact or point in i ue, either on the one side or on the other. Black stone , Com., III. xxiii. Specifically, in law: ( a ) A deed; an instrument or document by which a fact is made evident; as, evidences of title (that is, title-deeds); evidences of debt (that is, writ ten obligations to pay money). A boxe with iiij. ewydence. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 327. Of the pith or heart of the tree is made paper for bookes and euidences . Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 506. I sent you the evidence of the piece of land I motion'd to you for the sale. Webster, Devil's Law-Case, i. 1. (b) One who supplies testimony or proof; a witne : now used chiefly in the phrase "turning state's (or queen's) evidence. " Infamous and perjured evidences. Scott . (c) Information, whether consisting of the testimony of witne es or the contents of documents, or derived from inspection of objects, which tends, or is presented as tending, to make clear the fact in question in a legal investigation or rial; testimony: as, he offered evidence of good character. His evidence , if he were called by law To swear to some enormity he saw, For want of prominence and just relief Would hang an honest man and save a thief. Cowper , Conversation. The evidence of a deeply interested witne , given on the side which his interest would incline him to give it, is of no value when the circumstances are such that he cannot be contradicted on the subject-matter of his eri dence. Nineteenth Century, XX. 456. (d) In a more restricted sense, that part of such information or testimony which is properly receivable or has actually been received by the court on the trial of an i ue: sometimes more specifically characterized as judicial evidence: as, that is not evidence, my lord; the age of the accused is not in evidence. In this latter sense sometimes, especially in equity practice, spoken of as the proofs. (e) The rules by which the reception of testimony is regulated in courts of justice: as, a treatise on evidence; profe or of pleading and evidence. - Adminicular, circumstantial, conclusive, cumulative, extrinsic, hearsay, etc., evidence. See the adjectives. - Demurrer to evidence. See demurrer2. Direct evidence, that which goes expre ly to the very point in question; that which, if be lieved, proves the point without aid from inference or reasoning, as the testimony of an eye-witne to an occurrence, as distinguished from indirect or circumstantial evi dence, which goes expre ly to other facts only, from which it is proposed to infer what was the fact on the point in question.-Documentary evidence, evidence supplied by written instruments. - Documentary Evidence Act, an English statute of 1868 (31 and 32 Vict., c. 37), making all laws, proclamations, and other official documents which purport to be printed in the Gazette or by the government printer, or certified by the clerk of the Privy Council, and also, by an amendment in 1882 (45 Vict., c. 9), if they purport to be printed by authority of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, receivable in evidence without further proof. Evidence aliunde. See aliunde. - Evidences of Christianity. See Christianity. Formal evidence, the character of the act of reason by which anything is recognized as certain and indubitable. Immediate evidence, that state or degree of evident ne which belongs to an object plainly perceived. - In evidence. (a) In law, having been received by the court as competent evidence in the cause on trial; being a part of the accepted proofs. (b) Plainly visible; conspicuous: a recent phrase adopted from the French en évidence. Instruments of evidence, the media, such as witne es, documents, etc., through which the evidence of facts is conveyed to the mind of a judicial tribunal. Best. King's evidence, queen's evidence, evident i a/ which therefore it would be error for the judge to decide in place of the jury, but on which the jury may fairly decide either way. (b) Evidence sufficient not only to go to the jury, but to require them to find accordingly if no credible contrary evidence be given. - Primary evidence, the best evidence, as distinguished from secondary evidence; or evidence of such a nature as to imply (unle explanation is given) that better evidence exists and is kept back. Thus, if it is sought to prove the contents of a written contract, the instrument itself is the best evidence of the contents, and it must be produced, or satisfactory excuse must be given, before witne es can be allowed to testify what the contents were. But among such witne es the testimony of the writer of it, though more satisfactory than that of others, is not therefore deemed the best or primary evidence in the technical sense. Real evidence, the evidence afforded by inspection or actual examination of the person or thing by the court or jury, when the question involves the condition of such person or thing. - Satisfactory evidence, or sufficient evidence, such evidence as in amount is adequate to justify the court or jury in adopting the conclusion in support of which it is adduced. Secondary evidence, evidence not primary, but which may be admitted upon showing proper reasons for failure to obtain primary evidence. =Syn. Testimony, Evidence, Proof, Exhibit, deposition, affidavit. In law, testimony is evidence given by witne es. Evidence is the broader term, including that which is given by witne es or afforded by documents or by the inspection of the person or object itself. Proof is the effect of evidence in establishing the conclusion of fact to support which it is adduced. Proofs are the evidence in a cause, including testimony and documents. An exhibit is a document which has been presented as evidence. evidence (ev'i-dens), v. t.; pret. and pp. evi denced, ppr. evidencing. [ If a beam of wood, freely suspended, be very gently scratched with a pin, its particles will be thrown into a state of vibration, as will be evidenced by the sound given out, but the beam itself will not be moved. Huxley and Youmans , Physiol., § 255. The new chancellor of the exchequer [Gladstone] introduced his budget, April 18, 1853, in a speech which evi denced a commanding grasp of fiscal details. S. Dowell , Taxes in England, II. 321. 21. To attest or support by evidence or testimony; witne . The commi ioners weighed ye cause and pa ages, as they were clearly represented & sufficiently evidenced betwixte Unca and Myantinomo. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 424.