be+a+witness+of

  • 21witness box — UK US noun [C] (US witness stand) LAW ► the place in which a person stands in a court to answer questions: »She spent over an hour in the witness box giving evidence. » enter/step down from the witness box »The judge asked him to take the witness …

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  • 22Witness intimidation — involves witnesses crucial to court proceedings being threatened in order to pressure or extort them not to testify. The refusal of key witnesses to testify commonly renders a case with inadequate physical evidence void in a court of law. This is …

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  • 23Witness (TV series) — Witness is a Canadian documentary television series presenting current events as witnessed by the people involved.External links* [http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/index.jsp?program=Witness CBC Witness] …

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  • 24Witness for Peace — (WFP) is an United States based activist organization founded in 1983 that opposed the Reagan administration s support of the Nicaraguan Contras , alleging widespread atrocities by these counterrevolutionary groups. Witness for Peace brought U.S …

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  • 25witness statement — Statement by a witness to the case supporting the claim or defence. The witness will have to declare (usually by signing the statement) that what he says in the witness statement is true. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and… …

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  • 26witness — [wit′nis] n. [ME witnesse < OE (ge)witnes, witness, knowledge, testimony < witan, to know: see WISE1 & NESS] 1. an attesting of a fact, statement, etc.; evidence; testimony 2. a person who saw, or can give a firsthand account of, something… …

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  • 27witness to — ˈwitness to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they witness to he/she/it witnesses to present participle witnessing to past tense witnessed to …

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  • 28Witness — Wit ness, v. i. To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The men of Belial witnessed against him. 1 Kings xxi. 13. [1913 Webster] The witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with this event… …

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  • 29Witness — Título Único testigo (España) Testigo en peligro (Hispanoamérica) Ficha técnica Dirección Peter Weir Producción Edward S. Feldman …

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  • 30witness summons — Prior to the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules this was known as a subpoena ad testificum. It is a document issued by the court requiring a witness to appear before a court and give evidence or to produce documents to the court. Related… …

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