CIRCUMSTANTIAL
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cir`cum*stan"tial (s&etilde_;r`kŭm*stăn"sh&aitalic_;l), a. [Cf. F. circonstanciel.]
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1. Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents.
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The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety.
Paley.
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2. Incidental; relating to, but not essential.
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We must therefore distinguish between the essentials in religious worship . . . and what is merely circumstantial.
Sharp.
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3. Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.
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Tedious and circumstantial recitals.
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Circumstantial evidence (Law), evidence obtained from circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts of a particular nature, from which arises presumption. According to some authorities circumstantial is distinguished from positive evidence in that the latter is the testimony of eyewitnesses to a fact or the admission of a party; but the prevalent opinion now is that all such testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support. All testimony is more or less circumstantial. Wharton.
Syn. -- See Minute.
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Cir`cum*stan"tial, n. Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion. Addison.
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