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witness — ▪ I. witness wit‧ness 1 [ˈwɪtns] noun [countable] LAW 1. someone in a court of law who tells the court what they saw or what they know about a crime: • The government s case rested on one key (= important … Financial and business terms
WITNESS — (Heb. עֵד, one that has personal knowledge of an event or a fact. The evidence of at least two witnesses was required for convicting the accused (Num. 35:30; Deut. 17:6; 19:15; cf. I Kings 21:10, 13). Commercial transactions of importance took… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
witness — wit·ness 1 n [Old English witnes knowledge, testimony, witness, from wit mind, sense, knowledge] 1 a: attestation of a fact or event in witness whereof the parties have executed this release b: evidence (as of the authenticity of a conveyance by… … Law dictionary
Witness impeachment — Witness impeachment, in the law of evidence, is the process of calling into question the credibility of an individual who is testifying in a trial. There are a number of ways that a witness may properly be impeached, and several ways that,… … Wikipedia
Witness — For other uses, see Witness (disambiguation). Evidence … Wikipedia
witness — wit|ness1 W3S2 [ˈwıtnıs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(crime/accident)¦ 2¦(in a court of law)¦ 3¦(signing a document)¦ 4 be witness to something 5¦(christian belief)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: witnes knowledge, account, witness , from wit; WIT] 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
witness — wit|ness1 [ wıtnəs ] noun ** 1. ) count someone who sees a crime, accident, or other event happen: Witnesses reported hearing two gunshots. witness to: Any witnesses to the incident are asked to contact Berkeley police. a ) someone who tells a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
witness — 1 / wItnis/ noun 1 (C) someone who sees a crime or an accident and can describe what happened: Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward. 2 (C) someone in a court of law who tells what they saw or what they know about a crime: One… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
witness */*/ — I UK [ˈwɪtnəs] / US noun Word forms witness : singular witness plural witnesses 1) a) [countable] someone who sees a crime, accident, or other event happen Witnesses reported hearing two gunshots. witness to: Any witnesses to the incident are… … English dictionary
Witness accounts of the Roswell UFO incident — Follows are excerpts of witness accounts of the Roswell UFO incident.In 1978, author Stanton T. Friedman interviewed Jesse Marcel, who voiced his suspicion that debris he recovered on a ranch near Roswell in 1947 was not of this world. Over the… … Wikipedia
witness*/ — [ˈwɪtnəs] noun [C] I 1) someone who sees a crime, accident, or other event happen Witnesses reported hearing two gunshots.[/ex] Any witnesses to the incident are asked to contact the police.[/ex] Detectives are appealing for witnesses.[/ex] 2)… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
