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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Hernández will spend the next two weeks at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, until his next evidentiary hearing on Nov. 12.
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Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
Clymer ruled an evidentiary hearing on whether to revoke Johnson’s probation will take place at 11 a.m. Friday in his courtroom.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
The decision by Sommer to dismiss the case came four days into Baldwin’s trial and at the end of a rocky evidentiary hearing over a defense motion to dismiss the case.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
He was ordered back to court on Nov. 7 for a key evidentiary hearing that will determine whether the case will proceed to trial.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
Clymer ruled an evidentiary hearing on whether to revoke Johnson’s probation will take place at 11 a.m. Friday in his courtroom.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
The decision by Sommer to dismiss the case came four days into Baldwin’s trial and at the end of a rocky evidentiary hearing over a defense motion to dismiss the case.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
He was ordered back to court on Nov. 7 for a key evidentiary hearing that will determine whether the case will proceed to trial.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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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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