Witness

Witness

A witness is someone who has, who claims to have, or is thought, by someone with authority to compel testimony, to have knowledge relevant to an event or other matter of interest. In law a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, either oral or written, of what he or she knows or claims to know about the matter before some official authorized to take such testimony.

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Famous quotes containing the word witness:

    “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Exodus, 20:16.

    The ninth commandment.

    “Hang there, my verse, in witness of my love.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “It is the witness still of excellency
    To put a strange face on his own perfection.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)