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after-discovered evidence

after-discovered evidence noun: evidence discovered after a legal decision has been reached. A party may attempt to have the decision reversed using this evidence. They must first prove that the evidence could not have been discovered until after the decision was reached.

Noun

after-discovered evidence (uncountable)

  1. (US) Evidence discovered after a legal decision has been reached. A party may attempt to have the decision reversed using this evidence. They must first prove that the evidence could not have been discovered until after the decision was reached.
    • "After-discovered evidence that a cap...identified as belonging to the accused who was convicted, belonged to another...who had a similar gun, motive and opportunity, and admitted to several that he had committed the crime, held ground for a new trial." Hines v. Commonwealth. June 14, 1923. p. 365...
    Synonyms:
    newly-discovered evidence

Synonyms of after-discovered evidence

  • newly-discovered evidence

Questions about after-discovered evidence

What does after-discovered evidence mean?
After-discovered evidence means evidence discovered after a legal decision has been reached. A party may attempt to have the decision reversed using this evidence. They must first prove that the evidence could not have been discovered until after the decision was reached.
What part of speech is after-discovered evidence?
After-discovered evidence is a noun.

Words near after-discovered evidence in the dictionary

  1. after-cost
  2. after-costs
  3. after-depolarization
  4. after-dinner speech
  5. after-dinner speeches
  6. after-discovered evidence
  7. after-eatage
  8. after-effect
  9. after-effects
  10. after-event
  11. after-events

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