Adverse Witness
nounid
11588·updated May 18, 2026verified
a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- hostile witness
- plural
- Adverse Witnesses
- possessive
- Adverse Witness's
- pluralpossessive
- Adverse Witnesses'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party
- §1 · legacy_primary
- a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing partyDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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