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In a manner inducing belief as I have been credibly informed of the event...
Credibility
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...
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...
Amittere legem terr', or liberam legem
Amittere legem terr', or liberam legem, to lose the liberty of being sworn in any Court. but by 6 & 7 Vict. c. 85, persons who were previously excluded from giving evidence by incapacity arising from crime or interest are made competent witnesses, their credibility being left to the jury. A person outlawed was (see OUTLAW) said to lose his law; i.e., to be put without its protection, so that he could not sue, although he could be sued, Glanvil, lib. ii....
Special constables
Special constables, persons appointed by justices of the peace to assist in keeping the peace 'on the oath of a credible witness that any tumult, riot, or felony has taken place or may be reasonably apprehended in any parish, township, or place,' if the justices are of opinion that the ordinary constables are insufficient for that purpose. See Special Constables Act, 1831, s. 8 of which imposes a penalty for each refusal to serve when duly called upon, while s. 2 allows a Secretary of State to order persons to be sworn in though exempt by law, and s. 196 of the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, by which borough justices 'shall appoint in October in every year so many as they may think fit of the inhabitants of the borough, not legally exempt from serving the office of constable, to act as special constables in the borough.' There are also Acts of 1835 and 1838 dealing with the subject.By the (English) Special Constables Act, 1914, as amended by the (English) Special Constable...
Rehabilitate
Rehabilitate, means to restore credibility to (a witness or testimony), People v. Page, 550 NE 2d 248 (1990).Rehabilitate, to restore a delinquent to former rank, privilege, or right; to qualify again; to restore a forfeited right....
Justified by law
Justified by law, 'justified' according to Black's Legal Dictionary means: Done on adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence, when weighed by unprejudiced mind, guided by common sense and by correct rules of law. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary assigns this meaning for 'justification': The showing in court that one had sufficient reason for doing that which he is called to answer; the ground for such a plea. Lexically, the sense is clear. An act is justified by law if it is warranted, validated and made blameless by law, Raj Kapoor v. Laxman, AIR 1980 SC 605 (960): (1980) 2 SCC 175: (1980) 2 SCR 512. (Indian Penal Code, s. 79)...
Hearing
Hearing, an investigation of a controversy. See TRIAL.A judicial session, usu. open to the public, held for purpose of deciding issues of fact or of law, sometimes with witnesses testifying, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 725.Traditionally, testimony that is given by a witness who relates not what he or she knows personals but what others have said, and that is therefore dependent on the credibility of some one other than witness, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 725.Word hearing can admit of a very wide and liberal interpretation. It may include recording of evidence, consideration of arguments on some aspect of suit, examination of various questions relating to suit and so on. The essential perquisite is whether the Judge is applying his mind to some aspect of the case. If he is conducting some routine work or passing interlocutory orders, he can't be said to be 'hearing the suit', Sham Lal v. Rajinder Kumar Modi, AIR 1993 J&K 50. In a suit, 'hearing' can be conducted at va...
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