impeachment of testimony

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• testimony — tes·ti·mo·ny / tes tə ˌmō nē/ n pl nies [Latin testimonium, from testis witness]: evidence furnished by a witness under oath or affirmation and either orally or in an affidavit or deposition former testimony: testimony that a witness gives at a… …   Law dictionary

• impeachment — I noun accusal, accusatio, accusation, act of discrediting, admonition, animadversion, arraignment, attack, blame, castigation, censure, challenge, charge, complaint, condemnation, countercharge, criminal proceeding, crimination, criticism,… …   Law dictionary

• Impeachment of Bill Clinton — Floor proceedings of the U.S. Senate during the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999, Chief Justice William Rehnquist presiding. House managers are seated beside the quarter circular tables on the left and the president s personal… …   Wikipedia

• Impeachment — This article is about a step in the removal of a public official. For challenging a witness in a legal proceeding, see witness impeachment. Impeachment is a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which …   Wikipedia

• impeachment — /im peech meuhnt/, n. 1. the impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal. 2. (in Congress or a state legislature) the presentation of formal charges against a public official by the lower house, trial to be before the upper… …   Universalium

• impeachment — A criminal proceeding against a public officer, before a quasi political court, instituted by a written accusation called articles of impeachment ; for example, a written accusation by the House of Representatives of the United States to the… …   Black's law dictionary

• impeachment — A criminal proceeding against a public officer, before a quasi political court, instituted by a written accusation called articles of impeachment ; for example, a written accusation by the House of Representatives of the United States to the… …   Black's law dictionary

• Testimony — Testify redirects here. For other uses, see Testify (disambiguation) and Testimony (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• impeachment of witness — An attack on the credibility of a witness by the testimony of other witnesses that the facts about which he has testified are other than as he has stated; by proof that his general reputation is bad; by proof that he has previously made… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Witness impeachment — Witness impeachment, in the law of evidence, is the process of calling into question the credibility of an individual who is testifying in a trial. There are a number of ways that a witness may properly be impeached, and several ways that,… …   Wikipedia

• deposition — de·po·si·tion /ˌde pə zi shən/ n [Late Latin depositio testimony, from Latin, act of depositing, from deponere to put down, deposit] 1 a: a statement that is made under oath by a party or witness (as an expert) in response to oral examination or… …   Law dictionary