An agreement or assurance whereby one party insures another party against an anticipated loss, or to prevent that party from being damaged by the legal consequences of an act or the failure to act by the party providing the indemnity or a third party.

A formal account of events given by a witness to the police or in a court of law, tribunal or other forum.

Any matter of fact that a party to a claim or action offers to provide to prove or disprove an issue in the case. The strongest type of evidence is that which provides direct proof of the truth of an assertion. At the other extreme is evidence that is merely consistent with an assertion but does not rule out other, contradictory assertions, and may be viewed as circumstantial evidence.