witness

  • 11Witness — Título Único testigo (España) Testigo en peligro (Hispanoamérica) Ficha técnica Dirección Peter Weir Producción Edward S. Feldman …

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  • 12witness — ► NOUN 1) a person who sees an event take place. 2) a person giving sworn testimony to a court of law or the police. 3) a person who is present at the signing of a document and signs it themselves to confirm this. 4) (witness to) evidence or… …

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  • 13witness — O.E. witnes attestation of fact, event, etc., from personal knowledge; also one who so testifies; originally knowledge, wit, formed from WIT (Cf. wit) (n.) + NESS (Cf. ness). Christian use (late 14c.) is as a literal translation of Gk. martys… …

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  • 14witness — n *spectator, observer, beholder, looker on, onlooker, eyewitness, bystander, kibitzer witness vb *certify, attest, vouch Analogous words: subscribe (see ASSENT) …

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  • 15witness to — index bear (adduce) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 16witness — I n. testimony 1) to bear witness to 2) false witness (to hear false witness) one who testifies 3) to produce a witness (the district attorney finally produced a credible witness) 4) to cross examine; examine, interrogate, question; interview a… …

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  • 17Witness — For other uses, see Witness (disambiguation). Evidence …

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  • 18witness — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 person who sees sth ADJECTIVE ▪ crucial (esp. BrE), key, material, vital (esp. BrE) ▪ As the last person to see her alive, he was a material witness in the case. ▪ independent …

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  • 19witness — ▪ I. witness wit‧ness 1 [ˈwɪtns] noun [countable] LAW 1. someone in a court of law who tells the court what they saw or what they know about a crime: • The government s case rested on one key (= important …

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  • 20witness — wit|ness1 W3S2 [ˈwıtnıs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(crime/accident)¦ 2¦(in a court of law)¦ 3¦(signing a document)¦ 4 be witness to something 5¦(christian belief)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: witnes knowledge, account, witness , from wit; WIT] 1.) …

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