Circumstantial evidence - circumstantial evidence

Japanese: 情況証拠 - じょうきょうしょうこ
Circumstantial evidence - circumstantial evidence

In criminal proceedings, it refers to evidence that indirectly proves the existence of a criminal fact, and is not testimony evidence; in civil proceedings, it refers to evidence that indirectly serves to prove a main fact.

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

刑事訴訟では犯罪事実の存在を間接に証明する証拠のうち、供述証拠でないものをいい、民事訴訟では間接に主要事実の証明に役だつ証拠をいう。

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