Corroboration - Law Dictionary Search Results
Unus Nullus Rule, The
is equivalent to the testimony of none. See Best on Evidence, bk. 3, pt. 2, c. 10, and CORROBORATION. In our law corroboration is required in an action for breach of promise of marriage and on a
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
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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Marriage, Promise of
other material evidence in support of such promise. The mere non-answering of a letter is not, however, sufficient corroboration, Wiedman v. Walpole, (1891) 2 QB 534. As to damages for breach of promise to marry sustained in
support
as valid or right c : to argue or vote for 2 : to provide with substantiation or corroboration [ an alibi] 3 : to provide with the means of livelihood (as housing, food, or clothing) esp.
Perjury
to the falsity of any statement alleged to be false (s. 13); in other words, there must be corroboration on that issue. Of the remaining sections the principal are s. 9, which empowers judges and others to
Confirmer
One who or that which confirms establishes or ratifies one who corroborates
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.
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
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].
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