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Definition of Circumstantial
1. Adjective. Fully detailed and specific about particulars. "A circumstantial report about the debate"
Definition of Circumstantial
1. a. Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents.
2. n. Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion.
Definition of Circumstantial
1. Adjective. Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential. ¹
2. Adjective. Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular. ¹
3. Adjective. Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial. ¹
4. Noun. Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the '''circumstantials''' of religion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Circumstantial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumstantial
Literary usage of Circumstantial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1904)
"circumstantial, instructions concerning need not declare that the jury must
believe that no other person committed the offense, 795. circumstantial, ..."
2. The Principles of the Law of Evidence: With Elementary Rules for Conducting by William Mawdesley Best, Charles Frederic Chamberlayne (1883)
"298 Direct evidence 293 circumstantial evidence.... 293 Comparison between direct
and presumptive evidence 2Ji Conclusive 293 Advantages of direct over pt»- ..."
3. A General View of the Criminal Law of England by James Fitzjames Stephen (1863)
"ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE AS DIRECT AND circumstantial. The topics
discussed in the ^preceding inquiry into the nature of judicial evidence are ..."
4. A Treatise on Judicial Evidence by Jeremy Bentham, Etienne Dumont (1825)
"ticular portion of circumstantial evidence, or even any particular body of ...
Do not be satisfied with circumstantial evidence; when you can obtain from ..."
5. A Manual for Courts-martial, Courts of Inquiry and of Other Procedure Under by United States War Dept (1916)
"circumstantial evidence.—circumstantial evidence is not resorted to ...
circumstantial evidence may furnish a safe and satisfactory ground for belief, ..."
6. A Treatise on the Criminal Law of the United States by Francis Wharton (1874)
"circumstantial evidence," said Gibson, CJ, in a capital case, in his charge to the
... The only difference between positive and circumstantial evidence is, ..."
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