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testimony
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[ noun ] (law) a solemn statement made under oath
Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)Most_of this testimony may have been legally admissible as bearing_on the corpus_delicti of the total Nazi crime but seemed subject_to question when not tied to the part in it of the defendant 's Department_of_Jewish_Affairs . At_any_rate , the substance of Eichmann 's testimony was that all his actions flowed_from his membership in the party and the SS , and though the Prosecutor did his utmost to prove actual personal hatred of Jews , his success on this score was doubtful and the anti-Semitic lesson weakened to_that_extent . (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)Hudson , presiding , heard Juet 's defense , then called_for testimony from crew_members . (U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)Moreover , his testimony at trial never developed any such facts . (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)An inquest was held , and after a good_deal of testimony about the anonymous notes , the county coroner estimated that the shooting had been done from a distance of 300 yards . Related terms evidence witness declaration deposition attestation subornation law |
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[ noun ] (law) an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact
Examples "according to his own testimony he can't do it" Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)The argument against this last approach is comparable_to that which rejects stories about hoop_snakes , about snakes that break themselves into many pieces and join up again , or even of ghosts that chase people out of graveyards ; the mere piling_up of testimony does not prove , to the scientific mind , the existence of hoop_snakes , joint_snakes , or ghosts . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)According_to his own testimony , he never actually saw things as shaped but only as generally amorphous `` blots '' of color of a more_or_less indefinite size ; at their edges they slipped pretty_much out_of_focus altogether . |
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[ noun ] something that serves as evidence
Synonyms Examples "his effort was testimony to his devotion" Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)There is much talk in theological circles about the `` Church as Mission '' and the `` Church 's Mission '' ; theologians have been stressing the fact that the Church does not exist for its own sake but as a testimony in the world for the healing of the world . Related terms |
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