单词 | character witness |
释义 | > as lemmascharacter witness character witness n. a person who vouches for another's good reputation in a court of law. ΚΠ a1832 J. Bentham Princ. Judicial Procedure xi, in Wks. (1843) II. 62/1 Incompatible with any well grounded decision.., would be every attempt to fix the allowable number of character-witnesses, by any general rule. 1891 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 22 Jan. 6/2 Mr. Walker said that Leon Lamothe, a character witness, would be placed on the stand immediately. 1948 Newsday 13 Jan. 20/2 A..well-known Nassau figure is probably going to take the stand as a character witness for a pal involved in a messy divorce case. 2005 D. Diamond Stepmother (2006) xli. 249 ‘Well, I don't think we can use her as a character witness,’ Brian said. ‘She's had her own run-ins with the police.’ < as lemmas |
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