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Attest :: Attest (v. t.) To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record..

Contestation :: Contestation (n.) Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.

Swear :: Swear (v. t.) To put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into; as, to swear witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an officer; he was sworn into office..

Suitress :: Suitor (n.) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like..

Weaken :: Weaken (v. i.) To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination..

Vouch :: Vouch (v. t.) To call upon to witness; to obtest.

Depose :: Depose (v. i.) To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.

Redirect :: Redirect (a.) Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination..

Protest :: Protest (v. t.) To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to..

Swearer :: Swearer (n.) One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.

Dedimus :: Dedimus (n.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc..

Perjury :: Perjury (v.) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations..

Impeach :: Impeach (v. t.) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper..

Try :: Try (v. t.) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal..

Except :: Except (v. i.) To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony..

Question :: Question (v. t.) To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness..

Disqualify :: Disqualify (v. t.) To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness..

Witness :: Witness (v. t.) To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.

Testifier :: Testifier (n.) One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a witness..

Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective..

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