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Compelled testimony
Compelled testimony, 'compelled testimony' as evidence procured not merely by physical threats … Compelled testimony, 'compelled testimony' as evidence procured not merely by physical threats or violence
Witness
cases, as a rule, husband and wife are competent and compellable witnesses against each other [Evidence Amendment Act, 1853 (16 & … sees, knows, or vouches for something 2. One who gives testimony, under oath or affirmation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
Nemo tenetur prodere seipsum
Act, 1898 (see that title), make defendants competent, but not compellable, to give evidence. … one can be forced to give his own oath in evidence of his guilt. The (English) Evidence Act, 1851 (14 &
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show
demonstrate or establish by argument, reasoning, or evidence [must a compelling need for the court action] show cause : to establish … show·ing : to demonstrate or establish by argument, reasoning, or evidence [must a compelling need for the court action] show cause
inquiry
by a body (as a legislative committee) with power to compel testimony on inquiry : having notice that inquiry should be
Criminal Evidence Act
her wife or husband became a competent, but not a compellable, witness for the defence at every stage of the proceedings. … Criminal Evidence Act, 1898 (English) (61 & 62 Vict. c. 36), the
witness
similar inquiry [a before a congressional committee] [no person…shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a against himself "U.S. … witness [Old English witnes knowledge, testimony, witness, from wit mind, sense, knowledge] 1 a : attestation
Perpetuating testimony
of a devisee establishing a will against the heir-at-law, by compelling him to litigate the question at once or not at … Perpetuating testimony. When evidence is likely to be irrecoverably lost, by reason
Subp'na
kinds of subp'na. At Common Law there are two to compel the attendance of witnesses:- (1) Subp'na ad testificandum, the common … compel him to attend the trial or inquiry, to give evidence. (2) Subp'na duces tecum; this is personally served upona person,
Privileged communication
Privileged communication, a communication which a witness cannot be compelled to divulge, such as that which takes place between husband … which takes place between husband and wife (see the (English) Evidence Amendment Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 83), s.
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