evidentiary
adjective
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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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Gill testified at an unusual civil court proceeding in Hartford before Judge Susan Cobb, who had ordered an evidentiary hearing to help her decide whether to approve a request by Hartford State鈥檚 Attorney Gail Hardy to exhume the two bodies. — Steven Goode, courant.com, "Medical examiner makes case to exhume unidentified bodies from the Hartford Circus Fire," 29 Aug. 2019 The two defendants who were awaiting an evidentiary hearing, Rayford Burke and Andrew Ramseur, also pointed to evidence of racial discrimination. — Madeleine Carlisle, Time, "Their Death Sentences Were Overturned Because of Racial Bias. Now North Carolina Might Leave Them Back on Death Row," 26 Aug. 2019 That standard has traditionally been used in full-scale deportation proceedings administered by an immigration judge where migrants are given an evidentiary hearing, access to counsel, time to prepare, and a right to a review. — Gustavo Solis, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Remain in Mexico: migrants face uphill climb to get out of program," 12 Aug. 2019 An evidentiary hearing on the matter is scheduled for Oct. 25. — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, "Stillwater dry cleaner fighting city鈥檚 attempt to take land for parking," 7 Aug. 2019 Underwater Recovery Unit conducted an evidentiary search in the waters of the Mystic River and Chelsea Creek. — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, "Baseball bat attack in Chelsea park leaves man with life-threatening injuries," 29 July 2019 Wayne County Circuit Judge Wanda Evans on Friday ordered an evidentiary hearing be held Aug. 22. — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit man released from prison after Free Press investigation has day in court," 23 July 2019 If so, the court must hold an evidentiary hearing and then make a decision, the opinion says. — Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, "Washington Supreme Court sends murder, assault case back to trial court after allegations of jury bias," 18 July 2019 Beyond national security, the Justice Department also argued that Qualcomm has a solid case on appeal, and that Judge Koh imposed harsh requirements without holding an evidentiary hearing, which the Justice Department sought prior to sanctions. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Qualcomm gets support from Justice Department, others in anti-trust appeal," 16 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'evidentiary.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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evidentiary
adjective
ev路i路den路tia路ry
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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