court testimony
Sworn legal declarations
Court testimony is a formal statement given under oath in a legal proceeding.
Witnesses provide court testimony to establish facts, and their accounts may be challenged through cross-examination.
The term emphasizes the official, sworn nature of the statement: The defendant's alibi collapsed under court testimony from three eyewitnesses.
- character witnessVouches for someone's nature
- key witnessVital testimony provider
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- eyewitnessOne who saw events
- truthfulnessHabit of not lying
cross-examination · lie · perjury charge · stand · affidavit · direct evidence · subpoena · circumstantial evidence · jury · victim impact · sworn statement · under oath · judge · corroboration · hostile witness · take the stand · impeachment · memory
- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
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- investigationinvestigation, detective, evidence, clue, case
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
- testimoniestestimonies, survivor stories, eyewitness accounts, witness accounts, witness statements
- testimonywitness statements, sworn statements, sworn statement, witness statement, eyewitness account
court testimonyhearsay
Unverified secondhand information
inadmissible evidence · rumors · hearsay evidence · gossip · speculation
court testimonywater cooler chat
Informal workplace banter
anonymous tips · pillow talk · locker room talk · street talk
court testimonyhearsay
Unverified secondhand information
rumor · speculation · conjecture · innuendo · scuttlebutt