corroborating evidence
Backing up testimony
Corroborating evidence is evidence that supports or strengthens other evidence already presented.
In legal contexts, a witness's testimony might be corroborated by documents, forensic findings, or additional witnesses: The security footage provided corroborating evidence for her account.
The phrase emphasizes confirmation rather than independent proof.
- witnessesThose who observe events
- witness testimonySworn statement from observer
- scientific studiesSystematic empirical investigations
- triangulationLocation via three points
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
smoking gun · audio recordings · medical records · paper trail · peer review · second opinion · surveillance footage · eyewitness accounts · sworn statement · legal precedent · expert analysis · fact checking · laboratory tests · statistical data · reasonable doubt · burden of proof · chain of custody · logical inference
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Unfiltered firsthand documentation
direct evidence · lack of evidence · insufficient evidence · circumstantial evidence · hearsay
corroborating evidenceinadmissible evidence
Material courts cannot consider
tainted evidence · false evidence · fabricated evidence · planted evidence · circumstantial evidence
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