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WITNESSS CREDIBILITY [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Credibility includes both a witness’s honesty and the reliability of his or her evidence.

Key term(s)
  • honesty of a witness

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

L'évaluation de la crédibilité implique l'évaluation de l'honnêteté d'un témoin, mais aussi de la fiabilité de son témoignage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-20

English

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

Evidence of a witness’s consistent statement is generally inadmissible according to a common law rule which has been called variously, the rule against narrative, self- confirmation, or self-serving statements. In Canadian law, the exceptions to this rule, which allow evidence of a witness’s prior consistent statement, are: (1) evidence of an eyewitness’s prior identification of an accused, (2) evidence of recent complaint by the victim of a sexual offence, and (3) evidence to rebut impeachment of a witness’s credibility suggesting that his testimony was a fabrication or concoction (recent fabrication).

French

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-17

English

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

Generally, a witness’s credibility may not be bolstered or supported with evidence relevant only for that purpose, until after impeachment.

French

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

crédibilité : Équivalent de «credit» normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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