Look up: witness

1. WITNESS
   Someone who may be called to testify, either at deposition or at trial, regarding what they observed, their knowledge of the facts.
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2. witness
   [Verb] To see something or be present when something happens.
   Example: The boy witnessed the accident on his way to school.
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3. witness
   [n] - (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law 2. [n] - (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature 3. [n] - someone who sees an event and reports what happened 4. [n] - testimony by word or deed to your r...
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4. Witness
   a person other than the testator who signs the will to authenticate the testator`s signature.
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5. Witness
   a person who gives evidence
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6. witness
   In law, a person who was present at some event (such as an accident, a crime, or the signing of a document) or has relevant special knowledge (such as a medical expert) and can be called on to give...
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7. witness
   during quality control Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)
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8. Witness
   A person who gives evidence in Court, called to give evidence because they witnesses an event (see also Expert witness)
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9. Witness
   A person who signs a deed or Will to confirm that it has been executed in his presence. Someone who testifies in proceedings.
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10. Witness
    Wit'ness noun [ Anglo-Saxon witness , ge witnes , from witan to know. √133. See Wit , intransitive verb ] 1. Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony. « May we with . . . the <...
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11. Witness
    Wit'ness transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Witnessed ; present participle & verbal noun Witnessing .] 1. To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance o...
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12. Witness
    Wit'ness intransitive verb To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify. Chaucer. « The men of Belial witnessed against him.» 1 Kings xxi. 13. « The witnessing of the truth was then so generally attend...
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13. witness
    noun testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
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14. witness
    witnesser noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened
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15. witness
    attestor noun (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
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16. Witness
    • (v. i.) One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts. • (v. t.) To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of. • (v. i.) That which furnishes evidence or proof. • (v. t.) T...
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17. witness
    (from the article `evidence`) ...law has taken a different course. Parties cannot be witnesses, and evidence by experts is subject to special procedural rules. Consequently, there ... Less frequent but perhaps more significant are the uses of the doctor as a witness. When doctors appear in court merely to relate facts that they ... ....
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18. Witness
    (from the article `Chambers, Whittaker`) Chambers`s autobiography, Witness, was published in 1952. In 1964 selections from his diaries and letters, edited by Duncan Norton-Taylor, were ...
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19. Witness
    (from the article `1985: Other Winners`) Original Screenplay: Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley, Pamela Wallace for WitnessAdapted Screenplay: Kurt Luedtke for Out of AfricaCinematography: ...
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20. witness
    
    • someone who sees an event and reports what happened
    • a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
    • testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
    • (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
    • (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
    
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21. witness
    witness: see evidence.
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22. Witness
    Person who comes to court and swears under oath to give truthful evidence. One who, being sworn or affirmed, according to law, deposes as to his knowledge of facts in issue between the parties in a cause. In another sense by witness is understood one who is called upon to be present at a transaction...
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23. Witness
    (n) A witness is a person used in a law proceeding to verify the correctness of the arguments or testify the correctness of the findings of the case, or provide evidences leading to make a conclusion after testifying himself by an oath. The testimony given by the witness is used to ascertain the facts considering its merit and relative weight
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24. Witness
    Witness is a thriller starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis and Lukas Haas in a story about a Philadelphia policeman protecting a reclusive member of the Amish community after her son witnesses a murder. Witness was directed by Peter Weir in 1985.
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25. witness
    In law, a person who was present at some event (such as an accident, a crime, or the signing of a document) or has relevant special knowledge (such as a medical expert) and can be called on to give evidence in a court of law
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