principal witness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprincipalandwitness
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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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witness
noun[C]
uk/ˈwɪt.nəs/us/ˈwɪt.nəs/
a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or ...
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(Definition ofprincipalandwitnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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She is theprincipalwitness.
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Theprincipalwitnessmay be ill and unable to attend.
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Admittedly, theprincipalwitnesswould not be present, as he or she would be dead.
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Any interested party could see to it that theprincipalwitnesswas put in fear.
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It will be an inquiry at which theprincipalwitnesswill be forever silent.
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The jury must make their own judgments about witnesses, and the accused is theprincipalwitness.
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But in the case of a motor accident theprincipalwitnessfor the defence is as a rule dead.
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But owing to the subsequent disappearance of theprincipalwitnessfor the prosecution it was not possible to proceed with the trial.
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As we all know, in a great number of actions there is no real evidence to show what happens, as theprincipalwitnessprobably is dead.
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Balancing the interests of a victim, normally theprincipalwitnessfor the prosecution, and the interests of the defendant, and securing a fair trial, is difficult and complex.
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The right to silence is a fallacious concept, and it is utterly wrong that theprincipalwitnessshould be given the absurd and historically misunderstood right to silence.
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The evidence of theprincipalwitnessas to identity, the constable himself, would not have been available or would only have been available in the form of a dying deposition.
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I understand that the course referred to in the question was adopted at the request of theprincipalwitnessfor the prosecution, who is the wife of the accused.
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He was then charged with robbery under arms, but theprincipalwitnesscould not be located and the charges were dismissed.
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She was undoubtedly aprincipalwitnessto, and leading instigator behind, the development of an organisation that is today known and respected internationally.
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