Sentences with phrase «credible witness»

We now have so many credible witnesses to such events, we know that this was hardly exceptional.

In most civil and criminal cases, a plaintiff is awarded damages or a criminal defendant is convicted or found not guilty based on credible witness testimony.

Indeed, as is evident from what I have quoted from his reasons, he found her to be an entirely credible witness.

Women may not have been seen by culture as credible witnesses, but Jesus saw them as His choice witnesses.

According to the Patriarch, the Council «will address internal issues of the unity and administration of the Church, but also matters such as relations with other churches and faiths, in order to present a unified voice and credible witness for the life of the world.»

And in so far as this vision renews the Church it will make the Church an ever more credible witness to Christ.

The most credible witness in the case was Alfonso Flores, a decorated war veteran hired as a consultant to educate and train the parents in the petition gathering process.

And some of them are very credible witnesses.

Even in a case where there was a dispute between two apparently credible witnesses the court should usually, before giving permission, be satisfied that the claimant's contentions about the alleged agreement provided a much better, or at any rate a better, argument in favour of there being the ground for jurisdiction alleged than of there not being one.

Although it called him «a largely credible witness,» the panel recommended he relocate within Mexico, suggesting two cities where the Michoacan Family is not present.

Our duty as Christians, especially if we are to bear credible witness to the unbelieving, is not to shy away from the truth, but to seek it out, confront it, and proclaim it, even where that might be difficult.

It was impossible for these people to convict Jesus in a nighttime trial, over Passover, without credible witnesses, and with an instant verdict, UNLESS Jesus volunteered to be Pilate's victim.

He was himself in no sense a morally credible witness, admittedly, but he was an often perceptive one.

Love is the only credible witness... it's a false antithesis to set up the communal life of the church as something that exists over and against proclamation.

The programme is carried out in courtrooms to give the children real court experience and help them become credible witnesses, by teaching them about the legal process and how to cope with stress and fear during and after giving evidence in court.

«I am well aware that evidence from credible witnesses does not disclose that either Ms. D. or her parents attempted to alienate C. from her father.

Thomas's caution makes him a more credible witness.

However I find Ms. Mariano a very credible witness.

Even where there is a dispute between two apparently credible witnesses the court should usually, before giving permission, be satisfied that the claimant's contentions about the alleged agreement provided a much better, or at any rate a better, argument in favour of there being the ground for jurisdiction alleged than of there not being one.

I don't think you are a credible witness.

For Francis there is no need for structures; instead, there is a need for credible witness.

Christianity has yet to bridge the gap between itself and God's word as attested by the gospel in order for the church to have a credible witness and play useful role in African renewal.

He was born after Jesus died, and therefore is not a credible witness.

That these devout and credible witnesses were willing to subject themselves, their families and the ones they loved to ostracism, torture and death, in order to bear witness to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, is enough to convince me.

These credible witnesses (most all of them Jews, initially) were devout and godly people, who were committed to principles of truth, honesty and integrity.

The fact is that credible witnesses were convinced that a Jewish teacher named Jesus was crucified, that he was the messiah, and he rose from the dead.

If, as churches, we get better at being family and being community, that will give us the prophetic voice to then speak into society; we will have a credible witness.»

You can determine whether Patterson is a credible witness.

noone wants Catholics to pay for all pedophiles — just wanting justice for the guilty pedophiles accused by any credible witness (es) and all fully aware Catholic hierarchy right up to the Pope for every crime they ignored, facilitated, hid, and lied about.

Clearly, it is essential to provide a credible witness of serious Christians committed to the advancement of science and what better witness could there be than the clergy themselves.

Author of A Credible Witness: Reflections on Power, Evangelism and Race and The Heart of Racial Justice: How Soul Change Leads to Social Change

While Manara was a credible witness, I am not persuaded that his notes reliably report that Rice used the words «knocked herself out.»

He noted that anybody who reads between the lines will know who is a credible witness in the matter.

In giving her judgment in the case, Her Lordship Barbara Ackah - Yensu pointed out that: «I find both 2nd and 3rd defendants, particularly Catherine Afeku, not to be credible witness and they mounted the witness box to tell the Court a pack of lies, and it is for this reason that I preferred the evidence of plaintiff that she never saw the company's regulations».

Indeed, as one might expect of such senior former officers, Ian Blair, Peter Clarke and even the more earthy Andy Hayman, held their own as credible witnesses.

Could he ever be a credible witness?

Yet they're also counting on Comey to be «a credible witness in the Robert Mueller investigation when it comes to whether the president obstructed justice» by firing him.

The application was opposed by the prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, who argued that the request of the defence is unnecessary as the defendant (Metuh) is in court as a credible witness and can testify.

Law enforcement personnel must witness or have a credible witness to the abandonment to determine who actually placed the cat in question on any given property

The court found the Plaintiff to be a credible witness.

He claimed persistent low back and shoulder pain, but the judge, on the basis of surveillance evidence, found that he was not a credible witness.

He has since found it difficult to find a suitable prosthetic, and while Superior Court Justice Peter Lauwers deemed him to be a credible witness, he determined his impairment to be short of the 55 - per - cent catastrophic threshold.

The judge believes the more credible witness.

At the end of the preliminary hearing, the presiding Judge commented that there was a clear motive for the complainant to fabricate his evidence and that the complainant was not a credible witness.

The judgment of the court found that the complainant was not a credible witness and in fact had lied in her family court affidavit.