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Definition 2024
hostile_witness
hostile witness
English
Noun
hostile witness (plural hostile witnesses)
- (law) a witness who intentionally gives unfavorable evidence against the party that called him or her as its witness.
Synonyms
- adverse witness
- turncoat witness
- unfavourable witness
Translations
person called to testify by a party to whom that witness is opposed
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