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circumstant
(gcide) | circumstant \cir"cum*stant\ (s[~e]r"k[u^]m*st[a^]nt), a. [L.
circumstans. See Circumstance.]
Standing or placed around; surrounding. [R.] "Circumstant
bodies." --Sir K. Digby.
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circumstantial
(encz) | circumstantial,nepřímý adj: Zdeněk Brožcircumstantial,podružný adj: Zdeněk Brožcircumstantial,vedlejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
circumstantial evidence
(encz) | circumstantial evidence, |
circumstantially
(encz) | circumstantially,podružně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
circumstantiate
(encz) | circumstantiate, v: |
circumstantiable
(gcide) | circumstantiable \cir`cum*stan"tia*ble\
(s[~e]r`k[u^]m*st[a^]n"sh[.a]*b'l) a.
Capable of being circumstantiated. [Obs.] --Jer Taylor.
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Circumstantial
(gcide) | Circumstantial \Cir`cum*stan"tial\, n.
Something incidental to the main subject, but of less
importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the
plural; as, the circumstantials of religion. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]circumstantial \cir`cum*stan"tial\ (s[~e]r`k[u^]m*st[a^]n"shal),
a. [Cf. F. circonstanciel.]
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1. Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or
particular incidents.
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The usual character of human testimony is
substantial truth under circumstantial variety.
--Paley.
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2. Incidental; relating to, but not essential.
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We must therefore distinguish between the essentials
in religious worship . . . and what is merely
circumstantial. --Sharp.
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3. Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all
the circumstances; minute; particular.
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Tedious and circumstantial recitals. --Prior.
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Circumstantial evidence (Law), evidence obtained from
circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts
of a particular nature, from which arises presumption.
According to some authorities circumstantial is
distinguished from positive evidence in that the latter is
the testimony of eyewitnesses to a fact or the admission
of a party; but the prevalent opinion now is that all such
testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support.
All testimony is more or less circumstantial. --Wharton.
Syn: See Minute.
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circumstantial
(gcide) | Circumstantial \Cir`cum*stan"tial\, n.
Something incidental to the main subject, but of less
importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the
plural; as, the circumstantials of religion. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]circumstantial \cir`cum*stan"tial\ (s[~e]r`k[u^]m*st[a^]n"shal),
a. [Cf. F. circonstanciel.]
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1. Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or
particular incidents.
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The usual character of human testimony is
substantial truth under circumstantial variety.
--Paley.
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2. Incidental; relating to, but not essential.
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We must therefore distinguish between the essentials
in religious worship . . . and what is merely
circumstantial. --Sharp.
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3. Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all
the circumstances; minute; particular.
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Tedious and circumstantial recitals. --Prior.
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Circumstantial evidence (Law), evidence obtained from
circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts
of a particular nature, from which arises presumption.
According to some authorities circumstantial is
distinguished from positive evidence in that the latter is
the testimony of eyewitnesses to a fact or the admission
of a party; but the prevalent opinion now is that all such
testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support.
All testimony is more or less circumstantial. --Wharton.
Syn: See Minute.
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Circumstantial evidence
(gcide) | Evidence \Ev"i*dence\, n. [F. ['e]vidence, L. Evidentia. See
Evident.]
1. That which makes evident or manifest; that which
furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof;
the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our
senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement.
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Faith is . . . the evidence of things not seen.
--Heb. xi. 1.
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O glorious trial of exceeding love
Illustrious evidence, example high. --Milton.
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2. One who bears witness. [R.] "Infamous and perjured
evidences." --Sir W. Scott.
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3. (Law) That which is legally submitted to competent
tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any
alleged matter of fact under investigation before it;
means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking,
not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect
of it. --Greenleaf.
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Circumstantial evidence, Conclusive evidence, etc. See
under Circumstantial, Conclusive, etc.
Crown's evidence, King's evidence, or Queen's evidence,
evidence for the crown, in English courts; equivalent to
state's evidence in American courts. [Eng.]
State's evidence, evidence for the government or the
people. [U. S. ]
To turn King's evidence To turn Queen's evidence, or {To
turn State's evidence}, to confess a crime and give evidence
against one's accomplices.
Syn: Testimony; proof. See Testimony.
[1913 Webster]circumstantial \cir`cum*stan"tial\ (s[~e]r`k[u^]m*st[a^]n"shal),
a. [Cf. F. circonstanciel.]
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1. Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or
particular incidents.
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The usual character of human testimony is
substantial truth under circumstantial variety.
--Paley.
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2. Incidental; relating to, but not essential.
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We must therefore distinguish between the essentials
in religious worship . . . and what is merely
circumstantial. --Sharp.
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3. Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all
the circumstances; minute; particular.
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Tedious and circumstantial recitals. --Prior.
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Circumstantial evidence (Law), evidence obtained from
circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts
of a particular nature, from which arises presumption.
According to some authorities circumstantial is
distinguished from positive evidence in that the latter is
the testimony of eyewitnesses to a fact or the admission
of a party; but the prevalent opinion now is that all such
testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support.
All testimony is more or less circumstantial. --Wharton.
Syn: See Minute.
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Circumstantiality
(gcide) | Circumstantiality \Cir`cum*stan`ti*al"i*ty\, n.
The state, characteristic, or quality of being
circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. "I
will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality."
--De Quincey.
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Circumstantially
(gcide) | Circumstantially \Cir`cum*stan"tial*ly\, adv.
1. In respect to circumstances; not essentially;
accidentally.
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Of the fancy and intellect, the powers are only
circumstantially different. --Glanvill.
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2. In every circumstance or particular; minutely.
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To set down somewhat circumstantially, not only the
events, but the manner of my trials. --Boyle.
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Circumstantiate
(gcide) | Circumstantiate \Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Circumstantiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumstantiating.]
[See Circumstantiating (?).]
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1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with
particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.]
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If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might
will that freely which now it wills reluctantly.
--Bramhall.
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2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into
details concerning.
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Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these
particulars, which I have only touched in the
general. --State Trials
(1661).
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Circumstantiated
(gcide) | Circumstantiate \Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Circumstantiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumstantiating.]
[See Circumstantiating (?).]
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1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with
particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.]
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If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might
will that freely which now it wills reluctantly.
--Bramhall.
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2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into
details concerning.
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Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these
particulars, which I have only touched in the
general. --State Trials
(1661).
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Circumstantiating
(gcide) | Circumstantiate \Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Circumstantiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumstantiating.]
[See Circumstantiating (?).]
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1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with
particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.]
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If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might
will that freely which now it wills reluctantly.
--Bramhall.
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2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into
details concerning.
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Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these
particulars, which I have only touched in the
general. --State Trials
(1661).
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Tales de circumstantibus
(gcide) | Tales \Ta"les\ (t[=a]"l[=e]z), n. [L., pl. of talis such
(persons).] (Law)
(a) pl. Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or
about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the
number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such
as, the latter. --Blount. --Blackstone.
(b) syntactically sing. The writ by which such persons are
summoned.
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Tales book, a book containing the names of such as are
admitted of the tales. --Blount. --Craig.
Tales de circumstantibus [L.], such, or the like, from
those standing about.
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circumstantial
(wn) | circumstantial
adj 1: fully detailed and specific about particulars; "a
circumstantial report about the debate" |
circumstantial evidence
(wn) | circumstantial evidence
n 1: evidence providing only a basis for inference about the
fact in dispute [syn: circumstantial evidence, {indirect
evidence}] [ant: direct evidence] |
circumstantially
(wn) | circumstantially
adv 1: according to circumstances; "he was convicted
circumstantially"
2: insofar as the circumstances are concerned; "the account was
circumstantially accurate"
3: in minute detail; "our inability to see everything minutely
and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses"
[syn: minutely, circumstantially]
4: without advance planning; "they met accidentally" [syn: {by
chance}, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly]
[ant: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately,
designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely] |
circumstantiate
(wn) | circumstantiate
v 1: give circumstantial evidence for |
TALES DE CIRCUMSTANTIBUS
(bouvier) | TALES DE CIRCUMSTANTIBUS, practice. Such persons as are standing round. When
ever the panel of the jury is exhausted the court order that the jurors
wanted shall be selected from among the bystanders which order bears the
name of tales d circumstantibus. Bac. Ab. Juries, C.
2. The judiciary act of Sept. 24, 1789, 1 Story, L. U. S. 64, provides,
Sec. 29, that When from challenges, or otherwise, there shall not be a jury
to determine any civil or criminal cause, the marshal or his deputy shall,
by order of the court where such defect of jurors shall happen, return
jurymen de talibus circumstantibus sufficient to complete the panel; and
when the marshal or his deputy are disqualified as aforesaid, jurors may be
returned by such disinterested persons as the court shall appoint. See 2
Hill, So. Car. R. 381; 2 Penna. R. 412; 4 Yeates, 236; Coxe, 283; 1 Blackf.
63; 2 Harr. & J. 426; 1 Pick. 43, n.
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