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rehabilitate -tat·ed -tat·ing 1 : to restore to a former capacity ;specif : to restore credibility to (a witness or testimony) [the State simply brought out all of the prior statements to qualify or explain the inconsistency and to the witness "People v. Page, 550 N.E.2d 248 (1990)"] compare impeach NOTE: A witness whose trial testimony is inconsistent with his or her pretrial usually sworn statements is considered impeached. Such a witness may be rehabilitated usually on redirect examination. There are various state and federal evidentiary rules governing what evidence (as character evidence) is admissible to rehabilitate a witness. 2 a : to restore to a former state (as of good repair or solvency) [if the debtor wishes to liquidate rather than reorganize or the farming operation "J. H. Williamson"] b : to restore (as a convicted criminal defendant) to a useful and constructive place in society through therapy, job training, and other counseling re·ha·bil...
trustworthy
trustworthy : worthy of confidence ;specif : being or deriving from a source worthy of belief or consideration for evidentiary purposes [a informant] trust·wor·thi·ness n ...
fruit of the poisonous tree
fruit of the poisonous tree 1 : a doctrine of evidence: evidence that is derived from or gathered during an illegal action (as an unlawful search) cannot be admitted into court 2 : evidence that is inadmissible under an evidentiary exclusionary rule because it was derived from or gathered during an illegal action see also Wong Sun v. U.S. in the Important Cases section compare independent source, inevitable discovery, plain view ...
ex post facto law
ex post facto law : a civil or criminal law with retroactive effect ;esp : a law that retroactively alters a defendant's rights esp. by criminalizing and imposing punishment for an act that was not criminal or punishable at the time it was committed, by increasing the severity of a crime from its level at the time the crime was committed, by increasing the punishment for a crime from the punishment imposed at the time the crime was committed, or by taking away from the protections (as evidentiary protection) afforded the defendant by the law as it existed when the act was committed NOTE: Ex post facto laws are prohibited by Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution. ...
evidential
evidential : evidentiary ev·i·den·tial·ly adv ...
DNA fingerprinting
DNA fingerprinting : a method of identification esp. for evidentiary purposes by analyzing and comparing the DNA from tissue samples ...
collateral
collateral 1 a : accompanying as a secondary fact, activity, or agency but subordinate to a main consideration b : not directly relevant or material [a evidentiary matter] [a issue] 2 : belonging to the same ancestral stock but not in a direct line of descent compare lineal 3 a : of, relating to, or being collateral used as a security (as for payment of a debt) b : secured by collateral [a loan] col·lat·er·al·ly adj n 1 : a collateral relative 2 : property pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender in the event of the borrower's default ;specif under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code : property subject to a security interest ...
Witness
Witness, is a person who testifies in a court, Webster Random House Dictionary, p. 1680.Witness, one who gives evidence in a cause.1. One who sees, knows, or vouches for something2. One who gives testimony, under oath or affirmation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1596.A witness must attend in court according to the requirement of his subp'na. If he has not been paid his lawful expenses, he may refuse to be sworn; but if he be once sworn, he must give his evidence. See OATH and AFFIRMATION.In civil cases, as a rule, husband and wife are competent and compellable witnesses against each other [Evidence Amendment Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 83), s. 1], but husbands and wives are not compellable to disclose communications between each other (s. 3 ibid.). As to criminal cases, see Criminal Evidence Act, 1898, as amended, and that title.A witness is not obliged to answer any question which tends to criminate him.On the application of either party, all the witnesses on both sides are or...
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