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Definition of Corroborative
1. Adjective. Serving to support or corroborate. "Collateral evidence"
Similar to: Supportive
Derivative terms: Collateral, Confirm, Confirm, Confirm, Corroborate, Corroborate, Corroborate, Corroborate, Corroborate, Corroborate, Substantiate, Validate, Validate, Verify
Definition of Corroborative
1. a. Tending to strengthen of confirm.
2. n. A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant.
Definition of Corroborative
1. Adjective. Serving to corroborate ¹
2. Noun. (dated) a medical tonic; a corroborant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corroborative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corroborative
Literary usage of Corroborative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"This is a life and death matter, and we cannot agree that evidence which was
purely corroborative should have been received on the trial as corroborative ..."
2. Commentaries on the Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones, Louis Horwitz (1913)
"Other descriptive terms — corroborative evidence.—The statutory definition is
that corroborative evidence is additional evidence of a different character, ..."
3. An Illustrated Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1905)
"corroborative evidence of the authenticity of the document. ... According to the-
modern English rule, corroborative evidence of possession or enjoyment is ..."
4. Factory Legislation in Pennsylvania: Its History and Administration by James Lynn Barnard (1907)
"corroborative' Evidence of Age. There was a definite, prescribed order in the
corroborative evidence of age required. The plainly expressed preference was ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Criminal Evidence: Including the Rules Regulating by Harry Clay Underhill (1898)
"Character of corroborative evidence required.—Where a statute requires that ...
It is absolutely essential that the corroborative evidence should come from ..."
6. A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the by John Henry Wigmore (1904)
"Same : (4) Nature of corroborative Evidence required. In examining the nature of
the corroborative evidence to be required, the common- law rulings may be ..."
7. Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration, and Decided by the Judges of England by Henry Richard Dearsly, Thomas Bell, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1858)
"... falsity of the oath must be proved directly by two witnesses at least ; or
there must be one witness and strong corroborative evidence to confirm him. ..."
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