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

Witness :: Witness (v. i.) One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness..

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

Answer :: Answer (n.) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill..

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..

Auditor :: Auditor (a.) A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance..

Semiproof :: Semiproof (n.) Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness.

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..

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

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..

Testify :: Testify (v. i.) To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.

Vouch :: Vouch (v. i.) To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.

Witness :: Witness (v. i.) One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts..

Witnessing :: Witnessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Witnes.

Witnesser :: Witnesser (n.) One who witness.

Suffrage :: Suffrage (n.) Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

Default :: Default (n.) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc..

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

Incompetency :: Incompetency (n.) Want of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause..

False :: False (superl.) Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness..

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