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Impeach
IMPEACH To accuse; to charge a liability upon; to sue. To dispute, disparage, deny, or contradict; as in to impeach a judgment or decree, or impeach a witness; or as used in the rule that a jury cannot impeach its verdict. To proceed against a public officer for crime or misfeasance, before a... Read more |
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Jehovahs Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses Christian group originating in the United States at the end of the 19th cent., organized by Charles Taze Russell , whose doctrine centers on the Second Coming of Christ. The Witnesses believe that the event has already commenced; they also believe the battle of Armageddon is... Read more |
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Cross-Examination
CROSS-EXAMINATION During a trial, virtually all evidence is presented to the fact finder (usually a jury in criminal cases, but sometimes a judge) through witnesses called by each party during that party's case. The party that has called a witness first has an opportunity to elicit testimony from... Read more |
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Witnesses
WITNESSES Individuals who provide evidence in legal proceedings before a tribunal. Persons who give testimony under oath in court, concerning what they have seen, heard, or otherwise observed. Legal proceedings, especially trials, depend on witnesses to present factual evidence to the fact... Read more |
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Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Joseph Franklin Rutherford 1869-1942, American sectarian leader, b. Missouri. He became leader of the Jehovah's Witnesses (then called Russellites) after the death of the sect's founder, Charles T. Russell , in 1916. Under the direction of Rutherford the Witnesses' attack on the existing social... Read more |
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Attestation
ATTESTATION The act of attending the execution of a document and bearing witness to its authenticity, by signing one's name to it to affirm that it is genuine. The certification by a custodian of records that a copy of an original document is a true copy that is demonstrated by his or her signature... Read more |
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Connecticut Wits
Connecticut Wits or Hartford Wits, an informal association of Yale students and rectors formed in the late 18th cent. At first they were devoted to the modernization of the Yale curriculum and declaring the independence of American letters. Conservative Federalists, they attacked their more... Read more |
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