sufficiency of evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsufficiencyandevidence
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sufficiency
noun[S or U]
uk/səˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us/səˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
an amount of something that is enough, or the quality of being ...
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evidence
noun[U]
uk/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/us/ˈev.ə.dəns/
one or more reasons for believing that something is or is ...
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(Definition ofsufficiencyandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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His decision will be affected by thesufficiencyofevidenceand by the extent of damage or injuries.
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The commissioners are both distinguished former prosecuting officers highly experienced in testing forsufficiencyofevidencein criminal cases.
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An offender against the injunction is packed off to prison without any preliminary nonsense about a trial by jury or asufficiencyofevidence.
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But a court has also to assess thesufficiencyofevidencein another sense.
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Thesufficiencyofevidencecriterion has long been part of our criminal process.
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Nor does it relate to any question as to the admissibility orsufficiencyofevidencewhich was led at such trials.
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They are bound by statutory rules on thesufficiencyofevidence.
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It is important to remember that we are not changing the law onsufficiencyofevidence.
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Many other considerations are involved, including the rules of evidence and thesufficiencyofevidence.
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There would in this case have been very difficult questions of admissibility, competency andsufficiencyofevidencehad the matter gone to trial, even with the evidence of the complainer.
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There is no committal procedure to determinesufficiencyofevidence.
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