STATE'S EVIDENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does state's evidence mean? 

• STATE'S EVIDENCE (noun)
  The noun STATE'S EVIDENCE has 1 sense:

1. evidence for the prosecution in criminal proceedings

  Familiarity information: STATE'S EVIDENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STATE'S EVIDENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evidence for the prosecution in criminal proceedings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("state's evidence" is a kind of...):

evidence ((law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)