Part 3983

<h1>Evet</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Eft</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The common newt or eft. In America often applied to several species of aquatic salamanders.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>evat</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Evibrate</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>E*vi"brate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>evibrare</ets>. See <er>Vibrate</er>.]</ety> <def>To vibrate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Evict</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>E*vict"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Evicted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Evicting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>evictus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>evincere</ets> to overcome completely, evict. See <er>Evince</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.</def>

<blockquote>The law of England would speedily <b>evict</b> them out of their possession. <i>Sir. J. Davies.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To evince; to prove.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cheyne.</i>

<h1>Eviction</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>E*vic"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>evictio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82viction</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Conclusive evidence; proof.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Full <b>eviction</b> of this fatal truth. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Evidence</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev"i*dence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82vidence</ets>, L. <ets>Evidentia</ets>. See <er>Evident</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, the <ex>evidence</ex> of our senses; <ex>evidence</ex> of the truth or falsehood of a statement.</as></def>

<blockquote>Faith is . . . the <b>evidence</b> of things not seen. <i>Heb. xi. 1.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>O glorious trial of exceeding love Illustrious <b>evidence</b>, example high. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who bears witness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "Infamous and perjured <i>evidences</i>."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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 <i>evidence</i>, but rather the effect of it.</def>

<i>Greenleaf.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Circumstantial evidence</col>, <col>Conclusive evidence</col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Circumstantial</er>, <er>Conclusive</er>, etc.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Crown's, King's, &or; <col>Queen's</col> <col>evidence</col>, <cd>evidence for the crown.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>State's evidence</col>, <cd>evidence for the government or the people.</cd> <mark>[U. S. ]</mark> -- <col>To turn</col> <col>King's, Queen's &or; State's</col> <col>evidence</col></mcol>, <cd>to confess a crime and give evidence against one's accomplices.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Testimony; proof. See <er>Tesimony</er>.</syn>

<h1>Evidence</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev"i*dence</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Evidenced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p, pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Evidencing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; <as>as, to <ex>evidence</ex> a fact, or the guilt of an offender</as>.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Evidencer</h1> <Xpage=517>