collateral evidence

Example Sentences

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By restricting ourselves to this subset of information supported by collateral evidence, we can make out some basic themes.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023

He will have no say in the agonised discussions to follow, except as collateral evidence.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2018

But if they had all this collateral evidence, then they didn't need my client at all.

From Time Magazine Archive

Confirmation of a reported fact is sometimes derived from collateral evidence, and such is not wanting in the present case.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry

Even the one feature that is commonly held to determine human agency, the “bulb of percussion,” cannot be considered satisfactory, without collateral evidence of some kind.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various