状じょう況きょう証しょう拠こ

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Meanings

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circumstantial evidence

Legal term for evidence that relies on inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact. Often contrasted with direct evidence (直接証拠).

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It's difficult to convict someone on circumstantial evidence alone.

検けん察さつ側がわは状じょう況きょう証しょう拠こを積つみ重かさねて立りっ証しょうしようとした。

The prosecution tried to build a case by accumulating circumstantial evidence.

直ちょく接せつ証しょう拠こ
Direct evidence that proves a fact without inference, unlike 状況証拠 which requires reasoning.
物ぶっ的てき証しょう拠こ
Physical evidence (objects, materials), which can be either direct or circumstantial.

状じょう況きょう証しょう拠こ
Standard kanji spelling; 状況 is the modern form for 'circumstances'.
情じょう況きょう証しょう拠こ
Variant using 情況, an older or alternative form of 状況; less common in modern writing.

Compound of 状況 (circumstances) + 証拠 (evidence). A straightforward Sino-Japanese legal term.