- zealous witness
- A witness eager to be of service to a party, usually the party who called him.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
zealous witness
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zealous witness — A witness who gives testimony clearly biased toward the party that called him or her to testify. Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 … Law dictionary
zealous witness — An untechnical term denoting a witness, on the trial of a cause, who manifests a partiality for the side calling him, and an eager readiness to tell anything which he thinks may be of advantage to that side. See also swift witness … Black's law dictionary
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swift witness — See: zealous witness Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 … Law dictionary
swift witness — A term colloquially applied to a witness who is unduly zealous or partial for the side which calls him, and who betrays his bias by his extreme readiness to answer questions or volunteer information … Black's law dictionary
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