Search results for: “witness testimony”
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Documents
The deeds, agreements, title papers, letters, receipts, and other written instruments used to prove a fact. In Civil Law. Evidence delivered in the forms established by law, of whatever nature such evidence may be. The term is. however, applied principally to the testimony of witnesses. […]
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Comment
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Comment Meaning of Comment As a verb, the term means to meditate upon, explain or write comments upon or on, and as a noun it means act or instance of commenting, remark or criticism. See state v Goyet, […]
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Impeachment
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Impeachment Meaning of Impeachment Proceedings for the removal of an officer of the United States or the state for misconduct in his office or for a crime . The accusation is made, under the provisions of […]
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Deposition
Deposition in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of deposition.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading deposition in A Dictionary of […]
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Deponent
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Deponent Meaning of Deponent witness ; one who gives information on oath or affirmation , respecting some fact known to him, before a judicial tribunal ; one who makes a deposition . See Bliss v […]
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Waiver
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Waiver Meaning of Waiver An intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege. Johnson v Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458, 58 S.Ct. 1019, 82 L.Ed. 1461. To constitute a waiver of a legal right […]
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Waiver
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Waiver Meaning of Waiver An intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege. Johnson v Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458, 58 S.Ct. 1019, 82 L.Ed. 1461. To constitute a waiver of a legal right […]
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Perjury
While statutory definitions of the term may vary slightly, generally, it is the wilful and corrupt false swearing or affirming, after an oath lawfully administered in the course of a judicial or quasi -judicial proceeding , as to some matter material to the issue or point in […]
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Interpreter
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Interpreter Meaning of Interpreter One employed to make a translation. An interpreter should be sworn before he translates the testimony of a witness. 4 Mass. 81; 5 Mass. 219; 2 Caines (N. Y.) 166. A […]
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Interpreter
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Interpreter Meaning of Interpreter One employed to make a translation. An interpreter should be sworn before he translates the testimony of a witness. 4 Mass. 81; 5 Mass. 219; 2 Caines (N. Y.) 166. A […]
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Avow
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Avow Meaning of Avow To acknowledge the commission of an act, and claim that it was done with right. 3 Bl. Comm. 150. To make an avowry. For example, when replevin is brought for a thing distrained, and […]
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Avow
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Avow Meaning of Avow To acknowledge the commission of an act, and claim that it was done with right. 3 Bl. Comm. 150. To make an avowry. For example, when replevin is brought for a thing distrained, and […]
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Treason
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Treason Meaning of Treason The act of levying war against the United States or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort . See United States federal constitution , article III, Section 3, […]
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Parol Evidence
The testimony of a witness by word of mouth. Oral evidence.Where an agreement or understanding between parties is reduced to writing, then evidence of all prior and contemporaneous understanding of the parties to such agreement is incompetent. The rule is founded upon the principle that […]
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Due Process
The guarantee of due process requires that no person be deprived of life, liberty, or property without a fair and adequate process. In criminal proceedings this guarantee includes the fundamental aspects of a fair trial, including the right to adequate notice in advance of the trial, the right […]