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In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from westto east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of themotion of a celestial body. Direct action. (Mach.) See Direct-acting.-- Direct discourse (Gram.), the language of any one quoted withoutchange in its form; as, he said "I can not come;" -- correlative toindirect discourse, in which there is change of form; as, he saidthat he could not come. They are often called respectively by theirLatin names, oratio directa, and oratio obliqua.-- Direct evidence (Law), evidence which is positive or notinferential; -- opposed to circumstantial, or indirect, evidence.-- This distinction, however, is merely formal, since there is nodirect evidence that is not circumstantial, or dependent oncircumstances for its credibility. Wharton.-- Direct examination (Law), the first examination of a witness inthe orderly course, upon the merits. Abbott.-- Direct fire (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is perpendicularto the line of troops or to the parapet aimed at.-- Direct process (Metal.), one which yields metal in workingcondition by a single process from the ore. Knight.-- Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and polls,distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or customs, and from excise.