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chain of evidence

noun

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  1. A series of related facts that together point to a specific conclusion, although taken…

    A series of related facts that together point to a specific conclusion, although taken individually they would be inconclusive.

    • which are so many joint proofs of these witnesses integrity, and makes an [sic] chain of evidence and moral demonstration both against Error in themselves and delusion in relation to others […]
    • […] he wished the public mind to rest satisfied, before the sentence was executed, that no link was wanting in the chain of evidence against the prisoner.

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No curated loop yet for chain of evidence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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