English Dictionary

after-discovered evidence

名詞

アメリカ英語 不可算名詞

(US, law) 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.

日本語の意味

法律上の判決が下された後に発見された証拠。判決が成立した後に、その決定を覆すために新たに見つかった証拠を指す。

The appellate court agreed to reopen the trial after the defense presented after-discovered evidence that undermined the prosecution's timeline.

弁護側が検察側の主張する時間経過を覆す判決後に発見された証拠を提出したとして、控訴裁判所は審理の再開を認めた。

意味（1）

(US, law) 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.

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