witness against

  • 1witness against — index informer (one providing criminal information) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2witness against — offer court testimony against …

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  • 3bear witness against — index betray (disclose), denounce (inform against), inform (betray) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4bear witness against — be a witness against someone to show that they are guilty, testify against …

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  • 5witness against himself — See self incrimination …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 6WITNESS — (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

  • 7witness — 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… …

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  • 8Witness 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,… …

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  • 9Witness — Wit ness, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Witnessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Witnessing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of. [1913 Webster] This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10bear witness against — Synonyms and related words: betray, blab, blow the whistle, fink, inform against, inform on, narc, peach, rat, sell out, snitch, snitch on, squeal, stool, tattle, tell on, testify against, turn informer …

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