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expert testimony

expert testimony Testimony given in relation to some scientific, technical, or professional

Expert witness

Expert witness, an 'expert' is not a 'witness' of fact. His … witness, an 'expert' is not a 'witness' of fact. His evidence is really of an advisory character. The duty of an

Frye test

the Frye test, and as a result scientific evidence (as expert testimony) needs to meet only the requirements of the Federal Rules

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Adduce

consideration (something) as evidence or authority e.g. adduce the engineer's expert testimony, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 39.

Obscenity

leave much to the vagaries of juries asked to evaluate expert testimony on literary merit, offensiveness, and other unmeasur-ables, Richard A. Posner,

voir dire

(as of a proposed witness) [the judge admitted the witness's expert testimony after a voir dire by the attorney] ;esp : the

Experts

Experts, referred in Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), s. … Experts, referred in Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), s. 45. The witnesses who

testimony

be rationally based on his or her perception. A qualified expert witness may also give opinion testimony. The expert's opinion may

witness

a criminal defendant : a witness who gives character evidence expert witness : a witness (as a medical specialist) who by … witness [Old English witnes knowledge, testimony, witness, from wit mind, sense, knowledge] 1 a : attestation

question

interrogatory hy·po·thet·i·cal question [hī-pə-the-ti-kəl] : a question directed to an expert witness (as a physician) that is based on the existence … a witness except as may be necessary to develop his testimony "Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 611(c)"] NOTE: Leading questions are

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