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A witness that has expertise in a certain field.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Examples
- October 23 2012, Nicolas Bourcier in Guardian Weekly, Brazil comes to terms with its slave trading past In a sensational decision this April the 10 supreme court judges unanimously ruled in favour of positive discrimination in higher education, declaring that the racial quotas in Brazilian universities were constitutional and redressed the "social debt of slavery". Dozens of expert witnesses were heard and the ruling was televised live.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: lay witness
Broader terms: witness
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
вещо лице
(vešto lice)
— witness with topical expertise
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Finnish:
asiantuntijatodistaja
— witness with topical expertise
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French:
témoin expert
— witness with topical expertise
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German:
Sachverständiger
— witness with topical expertise
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Greek:
πραγματογνώμονας
(pragmatognómonas)
— witness with topical expertise
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Greek:
πραγματογνώμων
(pragmatognómon)
— witness with topical expertise
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Indonesian:
saksi ahli
— witness with topical expertise
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Macedonian:
вештак
(veštak)
— witness with topical expertise
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Polish:
biegły
— witness with topical expertise
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Polish:
biegła
— witness with topical expertise
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Spanish:
testigo pericial
— witness with topical expertise
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Swedish:
expertvittne
— witness with topical expertise
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Turkish:
bilirkişi
— witness with topical expertise
