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after-discovered evidence

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Evidence discovered after a legal decision has been reached. A party may attempt to have the decision reversed using this evidence. They must first prove that the evidence could not have been discovered until after the decision was reached.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable

Topics: law

Examples

  • "After-discovered evidence that a cap...identified as belonging to the accused who was convicted, belonged to another...who had a similar gun, motive and opportunity, and admitted to several that he had committed the crime, held ground for a new trial." Hines v. Commonwealth. June 14, 1923. p. 365 §4

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