Usage Note
Beweisstück is a physical item admitted as evidence in a trial. In court proceedings it is numbered and catalogued as Beweisstück Nr. 1 etc. Distinguished from Zeugenaussage (witness testimony).
Examples
"Das Messer wurde als wichtigstes Beweisstück in dem Prozess eingeführt."
Natural Translation
The knife was admitted as the most important piece of evidence in the trial.
Literal Translation
The knife was as most-important evidence-piece in the trial introduced.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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