Contradiction

Legal Definition and Related Resources of Contradiction

Meaning of Contradiction

In the law of evidence , a challenge to accuracy of testimony of a witness . U.S. v Williamson, (C.A.5) 424 F.2d353.

Synonyms of Contradiction

noun

  • adverseness
  • antipathy
  • antithesis
  • assertion of the contrary
  • assertion oftne opposite
  • conflict
  • conflicting evidence
  • confutation
  • contradistinction
  • contraindication
  • contraposition
  • contraries
  • contrariety
  • contrariness
  • contrary assertion
  • contrast
  • contravention
  • controversion
  • controversy
  • counteraccusation
  • counteraction
  • counterargument
  • countercharge
  • counterevidence
  • counteroath
  • counterstatement
  • defiance
  • denunciation
  • difference of opinion
  • direct opposite
  • disaccord
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • discrepantia
  • disproof
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • dissent
  • divergence
  • divergent opinion
  • incongruity
  • inconsistency
  • negation
  • negative evidence
  • opposite extreme
  • oppositeness
  • opposites
  • opposition
  • other extreme
  • rebuttal
  • rebutting evidence
  • réfutai
  • refutation
  • rejoinder
  • repugnantia
  • variance
  • Associated Concepts: contradiction in terms
  • contradiction of a witness
  • contradiction of a writing
  • impeachment of a witness

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