Relevance

Japanese: relevancy
Relevance

…Evidence used to prove indirect facts is called indirect evidence, but circumstantial evidence is sometimes used to mean indirect evidence. When it comes to circumstantial evidence, the issue is often its relevance to the facts to be proven. Circumstantial evidence can be classified into predictive evidence, contemporaneous evidence, and retrospective evidence depending on the time before or after the existence of the facts to be proven, and into proximate evidence and remote evidence depending on the degree of directness with which the facts to be proven are inferred. In determining facts based on circumstantial evidence, it is necessary to collect and examine as much proximate circumstantial evidence as possible from multiple angles without violating the laws of logic and empirical rules. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "relevancy" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…間接事実を立証するための証拠を間接証拠というが,情況証拠が間接証拠の意味で用いられることもある。情況証拠については,要証事実との関連性relevancyが問題とされることが多い。情況証拠は,要証事実の存在時期に対する時間的前後により,予見的証拠,同時的証拠,回顧的証拠に,また,要証事実を推認させる直接性の程度により,近接的証拠,遠隔的証拠に,それぞれ分類することができるが,情況証拠による事実認定においては,論理法則および経験則に反することなく,できるだけ近接的情況証拠を多面的に収集・検討する必要がある。…

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