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Definition
An assistant referee in soccer, or circumstantial evidence in a legal context.
- assistant referee; linesman
- circumstantial, indirect, or corroborative evidence
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How it's used
While this term is technically used in legal contexts to mean collateral evidence, in daily life it is almost exclusively used in football to refer to the linesman. Most people in Hong Kong now prefer the term 旁證員 or the more common colloquial term 邊裁 when talking about sports. It is important to distinguish this from the main referee, who is known as 球證.
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The assistant referee raised the flag, saying that ball was offside.
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Common phrases
assistant referee
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the legal meaning of collateral evidence when speaking about sports, as listeners will assume you are talking about the official on the pitch. Also, avoid using it to describe a witness in a court case, as there are more specific legal terms for that.
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