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• Key Witness — Infobox musical artist Name = Key Witness Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Toronto, Ontario Canada Genre = Alternative rock, Indie rock , alt country, garage rock Years active = 2005 ndash;present… …   Wikipedia

• witness — ▪ 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 …   Financial and business terms

• witness — 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.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• key — [[t]ki͟ː[/t]] ♦♦ keys, keying, keyed 1) N COUNT A key is a specially shaped piece of metal that you place in a lock and turn in order to open or lock a door, or to start or stop the engine of a vehicle. They put the key in the door and entered …   English dictionary

• key — 1. noun /kiː/ a) An object designed to open and close a lock. the key to solving this problem... b) An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain the orientation between them. the… …   Wiktionary

• 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

• Witness intimidation — involves witnesses crucial to court proceedings being threatened in order to pressure or extort them not to testify. The refusal of key witnesses to testify commonly renders a case with inadequate physical evidence void in a court of law. This is …   Wikipedia

• witness — 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… …   Combinatory dictionary

• witness — {{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 …   Collocations dictionary

• Witness statement — A witness statement is a statement summarising the oral evidence that a witness will give at trial. The purpose the witness statement is to set out the evidence of the witness; in some jurisdictions the statement will stand as the evidence in… …   Wikipedia

• key — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 for a door ADJECTIVE ▪ master, skeleton ▪ duplicate, spare ▪ apartment (esp. AmE), car, door …   Collocations dictionary