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noun(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
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nounsomeone who sees an event and reports what happened
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verbperceive or be contemporaneous withtype of:
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nouna close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)type of:
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"She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"verbbe a witness totype of:
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noun(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
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nountestimony by word or deed to your religious faithtype of:
Definition that contains witness
- key United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
- hearing a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
- witness be a witness to
- objection (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality
- russell United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)
- oath a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior
- execute sign in the presence of witnesses
- millennium (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness
- deposition (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office
- notary someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions