adverse testimony

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• adverse interest — An interest which displaces one s own interest in whole or in part. As used in a statute permitting a litigant to call and cross examine any person having an adverse interest in the outcome of the litigation, the term adverse interest is to be… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Adverse — or adverse interest, in law, is anything that functions contrary to a party s interest. This word should not be confused with .Adverse witness and partyAn adverse witness is a witness whose testimony benefits an opposing party. Opposing parties… …   Wikipedia

• adverse witness — see witness Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. adverse witness …   Law dictionary

• Testimony of the Evangelist — The Testimony of the Evangelists Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice or simply The Testimony of the Evangelists is an 1846 Christian apologetic work by Simon Greenleaf, a principal founder of the Harvard Law School …   Wikipedia

• adverse — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French advers, from Latin adversus, past participle of advertere Date: 14th century 1. acting against or in a contrary direction ; hostile < hindered by adverse winds > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• adverse witness — A witness who gives evidence on a material matter prejudicial to the party then examining him. Commonly used to describe a witness whose testimony is prejudicial or unfavorable to the party who called him and as a result, such witness may be… …   Black's law dictionary

• adverse witness — A witness who gives evidence on a material matter prejudicial to the party then examining him. Commonly used to describe a witness whose testimony is prejudicial or unfavorable to the party who called him and as a result, such witness may be… …   Black's law dictionary

• adverse witness — noun a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party a hostile witness can be asked leading questions and cross examined • Syn: ↑hostile witness • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

• Hostile witness — A hostile witness is a witness in a trial who testifies for the opposing party or a witness who offers adverse testimony to the calling party during direct examination.A witness called by the opposing party is presumed hostile. A witness called… …   Wikipedia

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• witness — wit·ness 1 n [Old English witnes knowledge, testimony, witness, from wit mind, sense, knowledge] 1 a: attestation of a fact or event in witness whereof the parties have executed this release b: evidence (as of the authenticity of a conveyance by… …   Law dictionary