单词 | crown witness |
释义 | > as lemmasCrown witness Crown witness n. a witness for the Crown in a criminal prosecution instituted by it. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > a witness > prosecution witness Crown witness1745 police witness1839 1745 C. Fearne Def. made by John Ambrose 25 I have the Testimony of five of the Crown Witnesses. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. v. 58 You were very sound..in the matter of those crown witnesses to-day. 1993 New Scientist 7 Aug. 21/1 Within days of the start of the trial he changed his plea to guilty, turned Crown witness and gave evidence against Richardson. < as lemmas |
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