Collocations withwitness
These are words often used in combination withwitness.
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alibi witness
If not, then his theory as applied to alibis will not produce bizarre results very often, only when the alibi witness is a stranger or hostile to the defendant.
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character witness
I shall be prepared to attend court as a character witness for him.
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credible witness
For instance, is one credible witness to a crime sufficient to convict?
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false witness
I do not believe that either is giving false witness.
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key witness
In another prosecution the key witness died.
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material witness
I ought to have explained that the trial has not taken place, because a most material witness is at present in hospital suffering from wounds.
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principal witness
She is the principal witness.
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reliable witness
Any lawyer knows that the witness whose interest it is to tell the truth is the most reliable witness.
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