statement

statement: state·ment n

1 a: an official or formal report or declaration

a statement of policy

b: an oral or written assertion (as by a witness) or conduct intended as an assertion see also hearsay, prior consistent statement, prior inconsistent statement

2: a financial record or accounting

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statement: n.
A written or verbal expression of some fact or belief; an assertion or allegation made by a witness. See also opening statement, prior inconsistent statement

statement: n. A declaration of fact or an allegation by a witness; a piece of sworn testimony.

See also closing statement, evidence, opening statement.

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Specification, mention, announcement, report, account, recital, relation, narration, narrative, description

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