Obs. [f. EVIDENCE sb. + -SHIP.] a. The office or function of an evidence (or witness). b. humorously, as a title (after lordship, etc.).
a. 1734. North, Lives (1826), I. 315. And, thereby, gave so great offence to their evidenceships, the plot witnesses.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1811), IV. 338. That ingenious knack of forgery … and a detection since in evidenceship, have been his ruin.
