- give evidence as a witness
- /vi/ давать свидетельские показания
Англо-русский юридический словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Англо-русский юридический словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
give evidence — index bear (adduce), confess, depose (testify), swear, testify, verify (confirm) … Law dictionary
evidence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Means of proving Nouns 1. evidence, facts, premises, data, grounds, demonstration, confirmation, corroboration, support, ratification, authentication, acknowledgment, proof; state s, king s, queen s,… … English dictionary for students
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 — (Heb. עֵד, one that has personal knowledge of an event or a fact. The evidence of at least two witnesses was required for convicting the accused (Num. 35:30; Deut. 17:6; 19:15; cf. I Kings 21:10, 13). Commercial transactions of importance took… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
evidence — ev·i·dence 1 / e və dəns, ˌdens/ n [Medieval Latin evidentia, from Latin, that which is obvious, from evident evidens clear, obvious, from e out of, from + videns, present participle of videre to see]: something that furnishes or tends to furnish … Law dictionary
witness — [wit′nis] n. [ME witnesse < OE (ge)witnes, witness, knowledge, testimony < witan, to know: see WISE1 & NESS] 1. an attesting of a fact, statement, etc.; evidence; testimony 2. a person who saw, or can give a firsthand account of, something… … English World dictionary
witness — [n] person who observes an event attestant, attestor, beholder, bystander, corroborator, deponent, eyewitness, gawker, looker on, observer, onlooker, proof, rubbernecker*, signatory, signer, spectator, testifier, testimony, viewer, watcher;… … New thesaurus
Evidence — Ev i*dence, n. [F. [ e]vidence, L. Evidentia. See {Evident}.] 1. That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Witness — Wit ness, v. i. To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The men of Belial witnessed against him. 1 Kings xxi. 13. [1913 Webster] The witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with this event… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
witness summons — Prior to the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules this was known as a subpoena ad testificum. It is a document issued by the court requiring a witness to appear before a court and give evidence or to produce documents to the court. Related… … Law dictionary
witness box — (N. Amer. witness stand) ► NOUN Law ▪ the place in a court where a witness stands to give evidence … English terms dictionary