witness testimonies
Sworn firsthand reports
Witness testimonies are statements given by people who have observed events relevant to a legal proceeding or investigation.
The plural emphasizes multiple accounts: The witness testimonies contradicted each other on key details.
In courtrooms, witness testimonies form a primary source of evidence, though their reliability varies with memory and perception.
- eyewitnessOne who saw events
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- affidavitSworn written statement
- under oathFormally pledged to honesty
- standUpright support structure
lie · interrogation · police lineup · suggestibility · false memory · cross-examination · leading question · memory recall · truthfulness · recantation · firsthand · subpoena · judge · crime scene · primary source · cognitive bias · memoir · oral history
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- court casestrials, murder trials, court cases, verdicts, civil cases
witness testimoniesphysical evidence
Tangible items proving facts
forensic evidence · material evidence · documentary evidence · hard evidence · DNA evidence
witness testimonieshearsay
Unverified secondhand information
speculation · conjecture · rumor · perjury · false testimony