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state's evidence
noun, often capitalized S
Definition of STATE'S EVIDENCE
: a participant in a crime or an accomplice who gives evidence for the prosecution especially in return for a reduced sentence; also : the evidence given —used chiefly in the phrase turn state's evidence
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First Known Use of STATE'S EVIDENCE
1787
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