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witness: see evidence evidence, in law, material submitted to a judge or a judicial body to resolve disputed questions of fact. The rules discussed in this article were developed in England for use in jury trials. ..... Click the link for more information. . witness 1. a person or thing giving or serving as evidence 2. a person who testifies, esp in a court of law, to events or facts within his own knowledge 3. a person who attests to the genuineness of a document, signature, etc., by adding his own signature 4. bear witness a. to give written or oral testimony b. to be evidence or proof of Witness cranes of Ibycus called on by the dying poet to bear witness, the birds lead to the murderers’ conviction. [Gk. Myth.: NCE, 1307] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The difference between lay witness and expert witness is shown in this exchange in a trial involving former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards. Whitehead, was dismissed by the CUF board of directors in 1980; and by 1982, the CUF magazine Lay Witness had dropped from its masthead the names of all nine of the regional directors who had been serving at the local level in the United States. Michael Jones and Fidelity magazine, James Sullivan and Lay Witness are the latter-day shapers of a new Catholic conservativism. |
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