LEGAL WORD
Hostile witness
Legal term · Evidence
Hostile witness
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Evidence
1 What it means
A witness who turns against the party that called them. The court can allow that party to cross examine their own witness.
2 Use it in a sentence
When the eyewitness changed his story, the prosecutor sought permission to treat him as hostile.
3 Make it stick
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