state-evidence
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state's evidence
noun
1.
evidence given by an accomplice in a crime who becomes a voluntary witness against the other defendants: The defendants' case was lost when one of them turned state's evidence.
2.
evidence for the state, especially in criminal trials.
Origin:
1790–1800
1790–1800
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| state's evidence | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the evidence for the prosecution given on behalf of a state in a criminal prosecution |
| 2. | king's evidence, Brit equivalent: queen's evidence evidence given for the state by an accomplice against his former associates in crime (esp in the phrase turn state's evidence) |
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