witness custody
1witness — 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… …
2Witness — For other uses, see Witness (disambiguation). Evidence …
3Witness 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… …
42004 Palm Island death in custody — The 2004 Palm Island death in custody incident relates to the death of Palm Island, Queensland resident, Mulrunji on Friday, 19 November 2004 in a police cell. The death of Mulrunji led to civic disturbances on the island and a legal, political… …
5Melbourne Custody Centre — The Melbourne Custody Centre is the main reception facility in Melbourne, Australia for people who have been arrested by police. The centre is located underneath the Melbourne Magistrates Court the centre is utilised during the day to hold… …
6Chain of custody — Evidence Part of the …
7protective custody — see custody c Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. protective custody …
8Protective custody — is a type of imprisonment (or care) to protect a prisoner (or other person) from harm, either from outside sources or other prisoners. Prison usageIn a prison context, protective custody is used mainly in the following cases:*Those who are at… …
9Death in custody of Gunasegaran Rajasundram — In this Indian name, the name Rajasundram is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Gunasegaran. Gunasegaran Rajasundram (1977–16 July 2008) was a Royal Malaysian Police detainee who died in the… …
10protective custody — N UNCOUNT If a witness in a court case is being held in protective custody, they are being kept in prison in order to prevent them from being harmed. They might be doing me a good turn if they took me into protective custody …
