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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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That, the lofty example of this immaculate and unimpeachable witness for the Crown, to refer to whom however unworthily was an honour, had communicated itself to the prisoner's servant, and had engendered in him a holy determination to examine his master's table-drawers and pockets, and secrete his papers. God is my witness, I did not know you had honored us with a visit, and I came in such a costume only to see my daughter. Miss Rome had then gone just outside the theatre to the entrance of the passage, in order to point out to Captain Cutler a flower-shop at which he was to buy her some more flowers; and the witness had remained in the room, exchanging a few words with the priest. |
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