prior inconsistent statements
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Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law.
2005.
- prior inconsistent statements
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Communications made by a witness before the time he or she takes the stand to testify in an action that contradict subsequent testimony given on the same exact facts.
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prior — I /prayar/ The former; earlier; preceding; preferable or preferred II noun The chief of a convent; next in dignity to an abbot III adj Earlier; elder; preceding; superior in rank, right, or time; as, a prior lien, mortgage, or judgment @ prior… … Black's law dictionary
inconsistent statement — See prior inconsistent statements … Black's law dictionary
inconsistent statement — See prior inconsistent statements … Black's law dictionary
inconsistent — I adjective at variance, capricious, changeable, conflicting, contradictory, contrarius, contrary, different, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, divergent, erratic, fickle, fitful, flighty, illogical, incompatible, incongruous,… … Law dictionary
R. v. B.(K.G.) — SCCInfoBox case name=R. v. B.(K.G.) full case name=Her Majesty The Queen v. K.G.B. heard date=October 8, 1992 decided date=February 25, 1993 citations= [1993] 1 S.C.R. 740 docket=22351 ruling= The appeal allowed and a new trial ordered. ratio=… … Wikipedia
impeach — im·peach /im pēch/ vt [Anglo French empecher, from Old French empeechier to hinder, from Late Latin impedicare to fetter, from Latin in + pedica fetter, from ped pes foot] 1: to charge with a crime or misconduct; specif: to charge (a public… … Law dictionary
impeachment — A criminal proceeding against a public officer, before a quasi political court, instituted by a written accusation called articles of impeachment ; for example, a written accusation by the House of Representatives of the United States to the… … Black's law dictionary
impeachment — A criminal proceeding against a public officer, before a quasi political court, instituted by a written accusation called articles of impeachment ; for example, a written accusation by the House of Representatives of the United States to the… … Black's law dictionary
evidence — Any species of proof, or probative matter, legally presented at the trial of an issue, by the act of the parties and through the medium of witnesses, records, documents, exhibits, concrete objects, etc., for the purpose of inducing belief in the… … Black's law dictionary
Jencks Act — or Rule A criminal defendant in a Federal Court is entitled to access to government documents for assistance in cross examination of witnesses in order to impeach for prior inconsistent statements. Jencks v. U. S., 353 U.S. 657, 77 S.Ct. 1007, 1… … Black's law dictionary
