Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Evidence \Ev"i*dence\, n. [F. ['e]vidence, L. Evidentia. See
   {Evident}.]
   1. 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, the evidence of our
      senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement.

            Faith is . . . the evidence of things not seen.
                                                  --Heb. xi. 1.

            O glorious trial of exceeding love Illustrious
            evidence, example high.               --Milton.

   2. One who bears witness. [R.] ``Infamous and perjured
      evidences.'' --Sir W. Scott.

   3. (Law) 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 evidence, but rather the effect
      of it. --Greenleaf.

   {Circumstantial evidence}, {Conclusive evidence}, etc. See
      under {Circumstantial}, {Conclusive}, etc.

   {Crown's, King's, or Queen's} {evidence}, evidence for the
      crown. [Eng.]

   {State's evidence}, evidence for the government or the
      people. [U. S. ]

   {To turn} {King's, Queen's or State's} {evidence}, to confess
      a crime and give evidence against one's accomplices.

   Syn: Testimony; proof. See {Tesimony}.

Conclusive \Con*clu"sive\, a. [Cf. F. conclusif.]
   Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing;
   putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or
   involving, a conclusion or decision.

         Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they
         were for them.                           --Rogers.

   {Conclusive evidence} (Law), that of which, from its nature,
      the law allows no contradiction or explanation.

   {Conclusive presumption} (Law), an inference which the law
      makes so peremptorily that it will not allow it to be
      overthrown by any contrary proof, however strong.

   Syn: Final; ultimate; unanswerable. See {Final}.