ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

witness, indicator, hostile witness; eyewitness, earwitness, material witness, state's
evidence; deponent; sponsor; cojuror † .
oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic
evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative
evidence, ex parte evidence [Lat.], presumptive evidence, collateral evidence,
constructive evidence; proof &c (demonstration) 478; evidence in chief.
secondary evidence; confirmation, corroboration, support; ratification &c (assent)
488; authentication; compurgation † , wager of law, comprobation † .
citation, reference; legal research, literature search (experiment) 463.
V. be evidence &c n.; evince, show, betoken, tell of; indicate &c (denote) 550; imply,
involve, argue, bespeak, breathe.
have weight, carry weight; tell, speak volumes; speak for itself &c (manifest) 525.
rest upon, depend upon; repose on.
bear witness &c n.; give evidence &c n.; testify, depose, witness, vouch for; sign, seal,
undersign † , set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify,
attest; acknowledge &c (assent) 488.
[provide conclusive evidence] make absolute, confirm, prove (demonstrate) 478.
[add further evidence] indorse, countersign, corroborate, support, ratify, bear out,
uphold, warrant.
adduce, attest, cite, quote; refer to, appeal to; call, call to witness; bring forward, bring
into court; allege, plead; produce witnesses, confront witnesses.
place into evidence, mark into evidence.
[obtain evidence] collect evidence, bring together evidence, rake up evidence;
experiment &c 463.
have a case, make out a case; establish, authenticate, substantiate, verify, make good,
quote chapter and verse; bring home to, bring to book.
Adj. showing &c v.; indicative, indicatory; deducible &c 478; grounded on, founded on,
based on; corroborative, confirmatory.
Adv. by inference; according to, witness, a fortiori; still more, still less; raison de plus
[Fr.]; in corroboration &c n.. of; valeat quantum [Lat.]; under seal, under one's hand and
seal.
Phr. dictum de dicto [Lat.]; mise en evidence [Fr.].
468. [Evidence on the other side, on the other hand.] Counter Evidence -- N. counter
evidence; evidence on the other side, evidence on the other hand; conflicting evidence,
contradictory evidence, opposing evidence; disproof, refutation &c 479; negation &c
536.
plea &c 617; vindication &c 937; counter protest; 'tu quoque' argument; other side of
the shield, other side of the coin, reverse of the shield.
V. countervail, oppose; mitigate against; rebut &c (refute) 479; subvert &c (destroy) 162;
cheek, weaken; contravene; contradict &c (deny) 536; tell the other side of the story, tell
another story, turn the scale, alter the case; turn the tables; cut both ways; prove a
negative.
audire alteram partem [Lat.].
Adj. countervailing &c v.; contradictory.
unattested, unauthenticated, unsupported by evidence; supposititious.