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interlocking confession
trial can pose difficult problems when a defendant's confession incriminates a codefendant. If the first defendant does not testify, the other may be deprived of the right to confront an accuser.
deal
of dealing : a business transaction 2 : an arrangement for mutual advantage (as for a defendant to testify in exchange for immunity from prosecution)
testimony
: testimony that presents an affirmative declaration of fact and is based on the personal knowledge of the testifier reputation testimony : testimony concerning a person's reputation among associates or in the community tes·ti·mo·ni·al [tes-tə-mō-nē-əl] adj tes·ti·mo·ni·al·ly
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Testament
see Sand. Just.; Cumn. C.L. 117; Maine's Anc. Law. The word 'testament' is derived form 'testatio mentis', it testifies the determination of the mind, Uma Devi Nambiar v. T.C. Sidhan, (2004) 2 SCC 321 (328). [Succession Act,
Negative
Negative. In general a negative cannot be proved or testified by witnesses, 2 Inst. 662. But this rule does not apply where one party charges another with a
Hearing
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
Bruton error
Bruton error, is the violation of a criminal defendant's constitutional right of confrontation by admitting into evidence a non-testifying codefendant's confession that implicates a defendant who claims innocence, Bruton v. United States, 391 US 123: 88...
Authentic Act
Act, that which has been executed before a notary or other public officer, duly authorized, or which is testified by a public seal, or has been rendered public by the authority of a competent magistrate, or which
unfair labor practice
hiring or conditions of employment by an employer; 4) discrimination against an employee for filing charges of or testifying regarding an unfair labor practice by an employer; 5) refusal of an employer to bargain with the collective
eyewitness
sees an occurrence or object or sometimes experiences it through other senses (as hearing) and usually reports or testifies about it
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