WITNESS

Witness

A witness is someone who has, who claims to have, or is thought, by someone with authority to compel testimony, to have knowledge relevant to an event or other matter of interest. In law a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, either oral or written, of what he or she knows or claims to know about the matter before some official authorized to take such testimony.

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witness

Noun

  1. Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
    She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
  2. One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
    As a witness to the event, I can tell you that he really said that.
  3. Someone called to give evidence in a court.
    The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.
  4. Something that serves as evidence; a sign.

Verb

  1. To furnish proof of, to show.
    This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
  2. To take as evidence.
  3. To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
    He witnessed the accident.
  4. To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
  5. To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
    to witness a bond or a deed


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