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Accomplice
accomplice after the crime. There is no rule of law that her testimony cannot be acted upon without corroboration in material particulars. She stands on a higher pedestal than an injured witness. In the latter case, there
Marriage, Promise of
Act, 1869, under which, however, the plaintiff may not 'recover a verdict' unless his or her testimony be corroborated by some other material evidence in support of such promise. The mere non-answering of a letter is not,
Bracton
actions, through the minutest steps, are investigated and developed; while every proposition is supported by fair deduction, or corroborated by the authority of some adjudged case, so that the reader never fails in deriving instruction or amusement
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Approver, or Prover
the practice is for Judges to leave it to juries with the direction not to believe it unless corroborated in some material particular by independent untainted testimony [In re Meunier, 1894 (2) QB 415].
oath
by calling upon a deity as a witness 2 : a promise (as to perform official duties faithfully) corroborated by an oath compare perjury under oath : under a solemn and esp. legal obligation to tell the
Affiliation
per week, and see 25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 46. The evidence of the mother must be corroborated in some material particular by other testimony, by virtue of s. 6 of the Act of 1845, and
Corroboration
action for breach of promise of marriage the plaintiff may give evidence, but cannot recover a verdict unless corroborated by other material evidence in support of the promise, 32 & 33 Vict. c. 68, s. 2. See
Confirmatory
Serving to confirm corroborative
Substantive evidence
a fact in issue, as opposed to evidence given for the purpose of discrediting a witness, or of corroborating his testimony, Black's Law Dictionary; State v. Nalini, (1999) 5 SCC 253.
Rape
on her part, Reg. v. Lillyman, (1896) 2 QB 167 CCR. It is the universal practice to require corroboration of the woman's accusation [see R. v. Osborne, (1905) 1 KB 551]. As to what con-stitutes carnal knowledge,
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