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ABILITY OBSERVE ACCURATELY [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

According to Doherty J. A. ... the consideration of the accuracy of a witness's testimony involves considering "the witness's ability to accurately observe, recall and recount the events in issue."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

[L]a crédibilité d'un témoin, au sens propre du mot, ne dépend pas uniquement de l'honnêteté dont il fait preuve en exprimant ses opinions. Elle dépend aussi de l'occasion qu'il a eue de bien observer, de sa capacité d'observer avec justesse, de la faculté de sa mémoire d'absorber les faits tels qu'il les a observés [...]

Spanish

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