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Home Dictionary Name: credibilityCredibility
The quality of being credible credibleness as the credibility of facts the credibility of witnesses...
Credibleness
The quality or state of being credible worthiness of belief credibility...
Credibly
In a manner inducing belief as I have been credibly informed of the event...
cross-examination
cross-examination : the examination of a witness who has already testified in order to check or discredit the witness's testimony, knowledge, or credibility see also confrontation clause compare direct examination, recross-examination, redirect examination NOTE: In accordance with Rule 611 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, cross-examination should only refer to matters that were covered during direct examination or that are relevant to the witness's credibility. Anything exceeding these limits is permissible at the court's discretion. Rule 611 also states that “ordinarily leading questions should be permitted on cross-examination.” cross-examine vb cross-examiner n ...
impeach
impeach [Anglo-French empecher, from Old French empeechier to hinder, from Late Latin impedicare to fetter, from Latin in- + pedica fetter, from ped- pes foot] 1 : to charge with a crime or misconduct ;specif : to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal (as the U.S. Senate) with misconduct in office see also Article I and Article II of the Constitution in the back matter NOTE: Impeachment is the first step in removing an officer from office. The president, vice president, and other federal officers (as judges) may be impeached by the House of Representatives. (Members of Congress themselves are not removed by being impeached and tried, but rather are expelled by a two-thirds majority vote in the member's house.) The House draws up articles of impeachment that itemize the charges and their factual bases. The articles of impeachment, once approved by a simple majority of the House members, are then submitted to the Senate, thereby impeaching the officer. The Senate th...
demeanor
demeanor : outward manner : way of conducting oneself NOTE: A jury may consider a witness's demeanor on the stand in determining the witness's credibility. ...
find
find found find·ing vt 1 : to come upon accidentally or through effort [found a valuable antique in the old desk] [found a buyer for the property] 2 : to make a judicial determination regarding [found the testimony not credible] [found the defendant guilty] compare decide, hold vi : to make a judicial determination [the jury found in favor of the plaintiff] ...
independent counsel
independent counsel : an official appointed by the court at the request of the U.S. Attorney General to investigate and prosecute criminal violations by high government officials, members of Congress, or directors of a presidential reelection campaign after a preliminary investigation by the Attorney General finds specific and credible evidence that a crime may have been committed NOTE: The use of an independent counsel was codified in the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and is designed to ensure an impartial investigation (as when the Attorney General would face a conflict of interest). The independent counsel was formally called a special prosecutor until 1983. ...
preponderate
preponderate -at·ed -at·ing : to have greater credibility or convincing weight : have an outweighing effect [the evidence either was evenly balanced or preponderated in favor of the state "Weston v. State, 682 P.2d 1119 (1984)"] [such evidence s against the board's decision] ...
prior inconsistent statement
prior inconsistent statement : a witness's statement made out of court prior to testifying that is inconsistent with the witness's testimony and that may be offered to impeach the witness's credibility compare prior consistent statement NOTE: If a prior inconsistent statement was made under oath subject to the penalties of perjury at a previous proceeding (as a deposition or grand jury hearing), the statement is not hearsay under Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1) and may be offered to prove that what was asserted in the statement is true. ...
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