testimony
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Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
His testimony was at odds with people who grew up in Libby and recall dust getting kicked up whenever the wind blew or a train rolled through the yard.
—Matthew Brown, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
Taylor Swift came to prominence in a culture already changing to make room for such testimonies, if not — still — fully able to honor them.
—Ann Powers, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
In 2017, the Missouri legislature broadened the rules for expert testimony.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
Douglass said during his testimony Wednesday that Daybell purchased at least four disposable phones between October 2018 and September 2019.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2024
In their writing and on their podcast, Stoner presents disturbing personal testimony and discusses issues that child stars face, such as the prevalence of eating disorders, fractured family dynamics, and the psychological toll of fame.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
Opening statements and witness testimony were delivered Wednesday in the civil trial stemming from wrongful-death lawsuits filed by family members of Oral Nunis, 56, who died on March 13, 2020, shortly after officers responded to Nunis’ daughter’s home.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
The jury on Tuesday heard testimony of crime scene evidence collection efforts and the accounts of four Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office employees.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2024
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testimony
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Note: Under Federal Rule of Evidence 804, former testimony is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule when the declarant is unavailable and if a predecessor in interest in a civil proceeding or the party against whom the testimony is offered had an opportunity and similar motive to develop the testimony.
Note: Negative testimony is sometimes accorded the same weight as positive testimony when the witness was in a position to perceive something and was eagerly attentive.
Note: Opinion testimony may be allowed in evidence when it helps the factfinder understand or determine the facts at issue. Such testimony by a lay witness must be rationally based on his or her perception. A qualified expert witness may also give opinion testimony. The expert's opinion may be based on facts or data that he or she perceives directly or of which he or she is made aware other than by direct perception at or before trial.
Latin testimonium, from testis witness
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