after-discovered evidence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

after-discovered evidence

Synonyms

newly-discovered evidence
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