eye-witness testimony

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• witness — wit·ness || wɪtnɪs n. testifier; onlooker, bystander; eye witness; testimony v. look on, see, observe; testify, vouch for, corroborate; be an eye witness; note, notice …   English contemporary dictionary

• Witness — • One who is present, bears testimony, furnishes evidence or proof Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Witness     Witness     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• witness — I. n. 1. Testimony, evidence, attestation, corroboration, proof, confirmation. 2. Deponent, corroborator, eye witness. II. v. a. 1. Attest, be a witness of, bear witness to, testify to, confirm, corroborate. 2. Observe, see, mark, note, notice,… …   New dictionary of synonyms

• eye|wit|ness — «Y WIHT nihs», noun, verb. –n. a person who actually sees or has seen some act or happening, and thus can give testimony concerning it: »Eyewitnesses counted about 25 bomb explosions in all (London Times). –v.t. to witness; see: »He was one of… …   Useful english dictionary

• witness — 01. The police are looking for people who may have [witnessed] a traffic accident which occurred yesterday at Douglas and Yates. 02. He was found guilty, thanks to the testimony of the [witness]. 03. The [witness] gave an amazingly accurate… …   Grammatical examples in English

• material witness — A person who can give testimony relating to a particular matter no one else, or at least very few, can give. In an important criminal case, a material witness may sometimes be held by the government against his or her will. He may be the victim… …   Black's law dictionary

• material witness — A person who can give testimony relating to a particular matter no one else, or at least very few, can give. In an important criminal case, a material witness may sometimes be held by the government against his or her will. He may be the victim… …   Black's law dictionary

• Hiroshima Witness — also released as Voice of Hibakusha , is a documentary film featuring 100 interviews of people who survived the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as hibakusha.en icon cite web|url=http://www.inicom.com/hibakusha/|title=Voice …   Wikipedia

• Golden plates — In Latter Day Saint theology, the golden plates (also called the gold plates or in some 19th century literature, the golden Bible ) [Use of the terms golden bible and gold Bible by both believers and non believers dates from the late 1820s. See,… …   Wikipedia

• Circumstantial evidence — For other uses, see Circumstantial Evidence (disambiguation). Circumstantial evidence is evidence in which an inference is required to connect it to a conclusion of fact, like a fingerprint at the scene of a crime. By contrast, direct evidence… …   Wikipedia

• Great Fire of Smyrna — Great Fire of Smyrna, 14 September 1922 The Great Fire of Smyrna or the Catastrophe of Smyrna[1][2][3] (Greek: Καταστροφή της Σμύρνης, Turkish …   Wikipedia