Definition of witness

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

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Attest :: Attest (v. t.) To call to witness; to invoke.
Attestation :: Attestation (n.) The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation..
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..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty..
Summon :: Summon (v. t.) To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses..
Any :: Any (a. & pron.) Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it?.
Summons :: Summons (v.) A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like..
Depone :: Depone (v. i.) To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness.
Representation :: Representation (n.) A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate..
Examine :: Examine (v. t.) To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc..
Confarreation :: Confarreation (n.) A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses..
Testation :: Testation (n.) A witnessing or witness.
Eyewitness :: Eyewitness (n.) One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.
Teste :: Teste (n.) The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; -- said of a writ, deed, or the like..
Witness :: Witness (v. i.) Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.
Diligence :: Diligence (n.) Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings..
Authority :: Authority (n.) Testimony; witness.
Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
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..
Depose :: Depose (v. i.) To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
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