Definition of "after-discovered evidence" []

• (law) 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. (noun)

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• "Now that after-discovered evidence suggests a reversal, there is danger that judgment of Longstreet, in all save one respect, may be too severe."