Negative Evidence Law and Legal Definition
Relevant evidence encompasses evidence tending to establish negative facts as well as positive ones. A negative testimony is admissible, if the attending circumstances indicate that it has some probative force, such as concerning what the witness did not see or did not hear, but a witness may not testify to the nonexistence of a fact where the fact might have existed without the person being aware of it.
Negative evidence is admissible when a qualified person, who has examined certain records or documents, testifies that he or she did not find any reference to or entry of a particular item or transaction.
