Evidence
(n.) That which makes evident or manifest |
Evidence
(n.) One who bears witness. |
Evidence
(n.) 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 |
Evidence
(v. t.) To render evident or clear |
Principal
(a.) Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree |
Principal
(a.) Of or pertaining to a prince |
Principal
(n.) A leader, chief, or head |
Principal
(n.) The chief actor in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, -- as distinguished from an accessory. |
Principal
(n.) A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety. |
Principal
(n.) One who employs another to act for him, -- as distinguished from an agent. |
Principal
(n.) A thing of chief or prime importance |
Principal
(n.) A capital sum of money, placed out at interest, due as a debt or used as a fund |
Principal
(n.) The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing. |
Principal
(n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason. |
Principal
(n.) A heirloom |
Principal
(n.) The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing. |
Principal
(n.) One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned. |
Principal
(n.) A principal or essential point or rule |
Re-turn
(v. t. & i.) To turn again. |
Sea turn
() A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea. |
Self-evidence
(n.) The quality or state of being self-evident. |
States-general
(n.) In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty. |
States-general
(n.) In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers. |
Turn
(v. t.) To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center |
Turn
(v. t.) To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost |
Turn
(v. t.) To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to |
Turn
(v. t.) To change from a given use or office |
Turn
(v. t.) To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of |
Turn
(v. t.) To form in a lathe |
Turn
(v. t.) Hence, to give form to |
Turn
(v. t.) To translate |
Turn
(v. t.) To make acid or sour |
Turn
(v. t.) To sicken |
Turn
(v. i.) To move round |
Turn
(v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support |
Turn
(v. i.) To result or terminate |
Turn
(v. i.) To be deflected |
Turn
(v. i.) To be changed, altered, or transformed |
Turn
(v. i.) To undergo the process of turning on a lathe |
Turn
(v. i.) To become acid |
Turn
(v. i.) To become giddy |
Turn
(v. i.) To be nauseated |
Turn
(v. i.) To become inclined in the other direction |
Turn
(v. i.) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb |
Turn
(v. i.) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery. |
Turn
(v. i.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted. |
Turn
(n.) The act of turning |
Turn
(n.) Change of direction, course, or tendency |
Turn
(n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change |
Turn
(n.) A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began |
| turn | taking a short walk out and back, we took a turn in the park |
| twist turn | turning or twisting around (in place), with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room |
| turn | the act of turning away or in the opposite direction, he made an abrupt turn away from her |
| about-face about turn | act of pivotingdegrees, especially in a military formation |
| u-turn | complete reversal of direction of travel |
| turn turning | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course, he took a turn to the right |
| kick turn | a standing turn made in skiing, one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first |
stem turn
stem | a turn made in skiing, the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it |
| turn play | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession, it is my turn, it is still my play |
President of the United States
President Chief Executive | the office of the United States head of state, a President is elected every four years |
Attorney General
Attorney General of the United States | the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the post of Attorney General was created in |
perjury
bearing false witness
lying under oath | criminal offense of making false statements under oath |
disservice
ill service
ill turn | an act intended to help that turns out badly, he did them a disservice |
| turn good turn | a favor for someone, he did me a good turn |
| three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
American Civil War
United States Civil War
War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
| Great Seal of the United States | the seal of the United States government |
National Library of Medicine
United States National Library of Medicine
U.S. National Library of Medicine | the world's largest medical library |
United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
USACIL | a defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command, the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence |
United States Mint
U.S. Mint
US Mint | the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks, processes gold and silver bullion |
witness box
witness stand | a box enclosure for a witness when testifying |
| states' rights | the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution |
evidence
grounds | your basis for belief or disbelief, knowledge on which to base belief, the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling |
proof
cogent evidence | any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something, if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it |
| turn-on | something causing excitement or stimulating interest |
divine right
divine right of kings | the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects, rebellion is the worst of political crimes, the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the th century |
principal axis
optic axis | a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted, in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly |
| states' rights | a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states |
I Kings
Kings | the first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel |
II Kings
Kings | the second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel |
United States Constitution
U.S. Constitution
US Constitution
Constitution Constitution of the United States | the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states |
| evidence | an indication that makes something evident, his trembling was evidence of his fear |
| footprint evidence | evidence in the form of footprints, there was footprint evidence that he had been at the scene of the crime |
| rule of evidence | (law) a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved |
| best evidence rule | a rule of evidence requiring that to prove the content of a writing or recording or photograph the original is required |
| parol evidence rule | a rule that oral evidence cannot be used to contradict the terms of a written contract |
United States Code
U. S. Code | a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States, is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives |
| evidence | (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved |
| witness | testimony by word or deed to your religious faith |
| direct evidence | evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute |
circumstantial evidence
indirect evidence | evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute |
| corroborating evidence | additional evidence or evidence of different kind that supports a proof already offered in a proceeding |
| hearsay evidence | evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge |
| state's evidence | evidence for the prosecution in criminal proceedings |
act routine number turn
bit | a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program, he did his act three times every evening, she had a catchy little routine, it was one of the best numbers he ever did |
turn of phrase
turn of expression | a distinctive spoken or written expression, John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea |
blinker
turn signal
turn indicator
trafficator | a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn |
turning
turn | a movement in a new direction, the turning of the wind |
reversal
turn around | turning in an opposite direction or position, the reversal of the image in the lens |
turn turn of events
twist | an unforeseen development, events suddenly took an awkward turn |