witness : Idioms & Phrases

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adverse witness

  • noun a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party
    adverse witness.
    • a hostile witness can be asked leading questions and cross-examined
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bear witness

  • verb provide evidence for
    show; evidence; testify; prove.
    • The blood test showed that he was the father
    • Her behavior testified to her incompetence
  • verb give testimony in a court of law
    attest; testify; take the stand.
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bearing false witness

  • noun criminal offense of making false statements under oath
    perjury; lying under oath.
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character witness

  • noun a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives
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expert witness

  • noun a witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about
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false witness

  • noun a person who deliberately gives false testimony
    perjurer.
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hostile witness

  • noun a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party
    adverse witness.
    • a hostile witness can be asked leading questions and cross-examined
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jehovah's witness

  • noun believer in imminent approach of the millennium; practitioner of active evangelism
    Jehovah's Witness.
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jehovah's witnesses

  • noun Protestant denomination founded in the United States by Charles Taze Russell in 1884
  • noun believer in imminent approach of the millennium; practitioner of active evangelism
    Jehovah's Witness.
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lay witness

  • noun any witness who does not testify as an expert witness
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material witness

  • noun a witness whose testimony is both relevant to the matter at issue and required in order to resolve the matter
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Privileged witnesses

  • (Law) witnesses who are not obliged to testify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to their dealings with their clients, and officers of state as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally.
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With a witness

  • effectually; to a great degree; with great force, so as to leave some mark as a testimony. Colloq.
    This, I confess, is haste with a witness. South.
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witness box

  • noun a box enclosure for a witness when testifying
    witness box.
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witness stand

  • noun a box enclosure for a witness when testifying
    witness box.
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