state's evidence

1. 1.

   evidence for the prosecution in criminal proceedings

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   law

Questions about state's evidence

What does state's evidence mean?

state's evidence means "evidence for the prosecution in criminal proceedings".

Is state's evidence a common word?

state's evidence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.