🔤 Adverse Witness ✨

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mukhalif gawah, khilaf gawah, dushman gawah

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📚noun

adverse witness

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DEFINITION

witness hostile to the party who called them, unfriendly witness, opposing witness

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The lawyer asked the judge for permission to treat the witness as an adverse witness during cross examination. An adverse witness may give testimony that harms the case of the side that called them. The court allowed leading questions because the witness was declared an adverse witness. When a witness turns hostile, the attorney may request that they be declared an adverse witness. The prosecution treated the reluctant informant as an adverse witness to challenge his inconsistent statements.

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hostile witness unfriendly witness opposing witness reluctant witness

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friendly witness supportive witness favorable witness cooperative witness