No Eyewitness Rule - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: no eyewitness ruleno-eyewitness rule
no-eyewitness rule : a rule in tort law: in the absence of testimony by eyewitnesses a jury may assume that a person has exercised reasonable care to preserve his or her own safety used esp. in Iowa ...
witness
witness [Old English witnes knowledge, testimony, witness, from wit mind, sense, knowledge] 1 a : attestation of a fact or event [in whereof the parties have executed this release] b : evidence (as of the authenticity of a conveyance by deed) furnished by signature, oath, or seal 2 : one who gives evidence regarding matters of fact under inquiry ;specif : one who testifies or is legally qualified to testify in a case or to give evidence before a judicial tribunal or similar inquiry [a before a congressional committee] [no person…shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a against himself "U.S. Constitution amend. V"] compare affiant, deponent adverse witness : a witness who is called by or associated with an opposing party or who by statement, conduct, or other evidence (as of relationship) shows bias against or is injurious to the case of the party by whom the witness is called [sought to have his witness declared an adverse witness subject to impeachment] called als...
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