Sentences with phrase «based on circumstantial evidence»

Insurers may also deny your claim based on circumstantial evidence or doubt surrounding an incident.

But the Panel in Finkelstein emphasized that it could draw inferences based on circumstantial evidence, and that this kind of evidence could be sufficient to ground a finding that illegal insider trading and tipping occurred.

Her conviction was based on circumstantial evidence, primarily scent evidence from bloodhounds employed -LSB-...]

Her conviction was based on circumstantial evidence, primarily scent evidence from bloodhounds employed by the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Department who allegedly «alerted» to Megan as well as her brother and father.

We tend to make judgments based on circumstantial evidence and strong associations, even though all associations are NOT correlations.

This is based on some circumstantial evidence that has not been confirmed by either party, but the time is curious.

However, all reports of Domestic Cat (F catus) x Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) in the popular press are based on circumstantial evidence.

One critic was Columbian professor Andrew Nathan, who wrote a lengthy article in the London Review of Books in which he says, «many of their discoveries come from sources that can not be checked, others are openly speculative or are based on circumstantial evidence, and some are untrue».

Based on the circumstantial evidence, the researchers concluded the presence of humans in California 130,000 years ago.

Astronomers have only observed black holes indirectly, yet they can paint a clear picture, albeit one based on circumstantial evidence.

The findings «demonstrate that scientific opinion about species origins is often based on circumstantial evidence and can be wrong,» says Chris Buddenhagen, coordinator of the Hawaii Invasive Species Council in Honolulu, another island plagued by invasive species.

We put a human being in prison for life based on circumstantial evidence.

According to Mr Edis QC the case against him was based on circumstantial evidence:

We're allowed to draw likely conclusions based on circumstantial evidence, and the circumstantial evidence is screaming that it was a tough weight cut.

Again, a story from the Jewish tradition: Based on circumstantial evidence, a character - assassinating lie was told of a much - respected elderly man in a particular community.

Not exact matches

The association with David is not based on any archaeological evidence but on circumstantial grounds only.

«Certainly based on what we heard there is a lot of evidence, albeit circumstantial, implicating Aaron Rodgers in the death of Odin Lloyd.»

Also, there may have been loud allegations of cheating leveled against certain children based on flimsy circumstantial evidence.

Although the prosecutor had convinced a jury to sentence the pair to death based on questionable circumstantial evidence, the nagging doubts about their guilt or innocence which had turned the case into something of a cause celebre have remained unresolved to this very day.

«[In the absence of] any direct evidence of conspiracy, the government's complaint is necessarily based entirely on the little circumstantial evidence it was able to locate during its extensive investigation, on which it piles innuendo on top of innuendo, stretches facts and implies actions that did not occur and Macmillan denies unequivocally.»

The government, said Macmillan's response (pdf), found a «lack of direct evidence of conspiracy», and its complaint is therefore «based entirely on the little circumstantial evidence it was able to locate during its extensive investigation, on which it piles innuendo on top of innuendo, stretches facts and implies actions that did not occur and which Macmillan denies unequivocally».

Bik Van der Pol describe the project as a process of «uploading with circumstantial evidence», a method that proposes a new circle of communication between different types of «reflections», based on premises of ambiguity.

AGW is likely happening but is still based on «circumstantial evidence».

The BRT then manufactured an untested sea - ice threshold based solely on circumstantial evidence to assert whelping and nursing required sea ice concentrations over 25 %.

People can be convicted of murder on the basis of overwhelming circumstantial evidence, as the public has been reminded recently.

The appellant states the case against him is based «entirely» on circumstantial evidence.

The Crown's case at trial was based entirely on circumstantial evidence — Cst.

Circumstantial evidence, if based on reasonable inferences, will likely be sufficient to effectively demonstrate that the defendant acted negligently and thus, allow successful recovery of damages in a civil action.

The Court of Appeal set aside the conviction and acquitted Villaroman after finding the trial judge had misstated the law of circumstantial evidence and that the verdict of guilt based on that evidence was unreasonable.

[11] The test for committal is the same whether the Crown's case is based on direct or circumstantial evidence.

He based this on several factors including circumstantial evidence, Shaoulle not being asked to testify and lack of a clear motive.

Leighton Hay was accused as one of the shooters based on an eyewitness» identification of him and circumstantial evidence.

Recent theoretical work suggests that bullying might arise out of early cognitive deficits — including language problems, imperfect causal understanding, and poor inhibitory control — that lead to decreased competence with peers, which over time develops into bullying.14, 15 A small number of studies provide circumstantial evidence that such a hypothesis might have merit7: 1 study found a link between poor early cognitive stimulation and (broadly defined) inappropriate school behavior, 16 and another found cognitive stimulation at age 3 years to be protective against symptoms of attention - deficit disorder at age 7 years.17 A study of Greek children found that academic self - efficacy and deficits in social cognition were related to bullying behavior.18 A large US national survey found that those who perceive themselves as having average or below - average academic achievement (as opposed to very good achievement) are 50 % to 80 % more likely to be bullies.8 Yet these studies are based on cross-sectional surveys, with the variables all measured at a single point in time.

They may build a «logic» based on the irrelevant and entirely circumstantial evidence and ultimately construct a delusion system to protect themselves from unbearable reality.»

Based on this evidence, the trial court had ruled that the evidence offered by Hall and Varon was more convincing than the circumstantial conspiracy evidence offered by Abraham.