evidentiary
adjective
ev·i·den·tia·ry
ˌe-və-ˈden-chə-rē 
-chē-ˌer-ē
1
: being, relating to, or affording evidence
photographs of evidentiary value
2
: conducted so that evidence may be presented
an evidentiary hearing
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In October 2018, Federal Judge Arthur J. Tarnow held an evidentiary hearing in Linda's case.
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Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 20 May 2025
In the petition filed Friday at the U.S. Supreme Court, Rogers’ attorneys cited past cases where evidentiary hearings were held because of issues related to the lethal-injection process.
—Jim Saunders, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2025
An evidentiary hearing initially scheduled in Los Angeles federal court for Thursday afternoon — when two psychologists were expected to testify via Zoom — was vacated, and a status conference with attorneys will take place instead, U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton stated in a court order.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 8 May 2025
But in court cases from Bitcoin Fog to Tornado Cash, defense attorneys have begun challenging the scientific validity of these surveillance tools, questioning whether the black-box algorithms claiming to trace billions in crypto merit the same evidentiary weight as DNA or fingerprint analysis.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 20 May 2025
In the petition filed Friday at the U.S. Supreme Court, Rogers’ attorneys cited past cases where evidentiary hearings were held because of issues related to the lethal-injection process.
—Jim Saunders, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2025
An evidentiary hearing initially scheduled in Los Angeles federal court for Thursday afternoon — when two psychologists were expected to testify via Zoom — was vacated, and a status conference with attorneys will take place instead, U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton stated in a court order.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 8 May 2025
But in court cases from Bitcoin Fog to Tornado Cash, defense attorneys have begun challenging the scientific validity of these surveillance tools, questioning whether the black-box algorithms claiming to trace billions in crypto merit the same evidentiary weight as DNA or fingerprint analysis.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Evidentiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evidentiary. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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evidentiary
adjective
ev·i·den·tia·ry
ˌe-və-ˈden-chə-rē, -chē-ˌer-ē
1
: being, relating to, or affording evidence
photographs of evidentiary value
2
: conducted so that evidence may be presented
an evidentiary hearing
evidentiarily
adverb
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