- bias of witness
- A ground of impeachment; near relationship, sympathy, hostility or prejudice. Bessemer Land & Improv. Co. v Jenkins 111 Ala 135, 18 So 565.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
bias of witness
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