Legal Definition and Related Resources of Testify

Meaning of Testify

To give evidence according to law; the examination of a witness who declares his knowledge of facts.

Translate Testify from English to Spanish

Translation of Testify , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Testificar and other legal terms is available here.

Testificar
Atestiguar
Declarar
Dar testimonio
Prestar testimonio
Prestar declaración
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Synonyms of Testify

verb

acknowledge openly
affirm
affirm under oath
allege
assert
asseverate
attest
aver
avow
be sworn
bear witness
declare
depone
depose
establish
express
ive evidence
give one’s word
indicate
make solemn eclaration
profess
prove
show
state
state a factstate a truth
swear
take one’s oath
take the stand
testan
testifican
verify
Associated Concepts: compulsion to testify
privilege against selfincrimination
testify in one’s own defense
testify under oath

English Spanish Translation of Testify

Rendir testimonio, testificar

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Grammar

This term is a verb.

Etimology of Testify

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late 14c., “give legal testimony, affirm the truth of, bear witness to;” of things, c. 1400, “serve as evidence of,” from Anglo-French testifier, from Latin testificari “bear witness, show, demonstrate,” also “call to witness,” from testis “a witness” (see testament) + combining form of facere “to make” (from PIE root *dhe- “to set, put”). Biblical sense of “openly profess one’s faith and devotion” is attested from 1520s. Related: Testified; testifying; testification.

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