英语词汇“adverse witness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adverse witness n. Law a witness who gives antagonistic evidence, spec. one who gives evidence unfavourable to the party who called him or her.

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1791 S. Turner Costs in Court of Chancery 141 The Instructions given before given to the Plaintiff's Solicitor, in this part of the Cause, will be exactly applicable to the Solicitor for the Defendant; the method of filing Interrogatories, examining Witnesses, and compelling an adverse Witness to appear and give Evidence, being precisely similar.

1877 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 Oct. 87/1 The maid servant, at the inquest, gave evidence in favour of the prisoners, afterwards repudiated this, and appeared at the trial as an adverse witness.

1960 Times 18 Oct. 4/4 A long line of authority had laid down the principle that while previous statements might be put to an adverse witness to destroy his credibility and thus render his evidence given at the trial ineligible, they were not admissible evidence of the truth of the facts stated therein.

2011 B. Neal Vengeance is Mine Epil. 246 Trial tactics such as allowing attorneys to constantly interrupt key adverse witnesses with frivolous objections and then tack on caustic sidebar remarks.

单词	adverse witness
释义	> as lemmas adverse witness adverse witness n. Law a witness who gives antagonistic evidence, spec. one who gives evidence unfavourable to the party who called him or her. ΚΠ 1791 S. Turner Costs in Court of Chancery 141 The Instructions given before given to the Plaintiff's Solicitor, in this part of the Cause, will be exactly applicable to the Solicitor for the Defendant; the method of filing Interrogatories, examining Witnesses, and compelling an adverse Witness to appear and give Evidence, being precisely similar. 1877 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 Oct. 87/1 The maid servant, at the inquest, gave evidence in favour of the prisoners, afterwards repudiated this, and appeared at the trial as an adverse witness. 1960 Times 18 Oct. 4/4 A long line of authority had laid down the principle that while previous statements might be put to an adverse witness to destroy his credibility and thus render his evidence given at the trial ineligible, they were not admissible evidence of the truth of the facts stated therein. 2011 B. Neal Vengeance is Mine Epil. 246 Trial tactics such as allowing attorneys to constantly interrupt key adverse witnesses with frivolous objections and then tack on caustic sidebar remarks. extracted from adverseadj.n. < as lemmas
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