Sentences with phrase «witnesses on oath»

There is a clear distinction between: evidence (or testimony), which consists of statements of fact given by witnesses on oath (subject to prosecution for perjury), governed by the rules of evidence, and which the jury is required to consider but not accept (in the sense that a verdict which is not supported by the evidence can be set aside on appeal),...

Not exact matches

The Christian head of one of the UK's largest sexual abuse survivors» groups has called on the Home Secretary to «disband» the panel investigating historical abuse and replace it with a new inquiry with extra powers that would compel witnesses to give evidence under oath.

Witnesses would be under oath and they're of course obligated by law to tell the truth, those who have been the ones who have perpetrated this smear campaign against one of the stellar companies in the country... I think they'll have an obligation then to explain themselves why they could not base their allegations on facts and what they've done to damage an industry.

NYPD cops have been caught «testilying» on more than two dozen occasions since January 2015 — with some giving inaccurate accounts about witness identifications and others falsely claiming under oath that they watched drug deals and other crimes happen, according to a report by the NY Times.

Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto «traded their office for money,» a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in the 10 - week - old corruption trial's closing arguments while Mangano's defense attorney countered that the government's star witness «desecrated the oath» by lying repeatedly on the stand.

Being forcibly questioned on oath and without warning or legal advisors, with no hint of what the questions related to or whether it was a matter involving them or someone else (maybe a family member or friend), the subject either had to incriminate themself or someone else by telling the truth, be charged with perjury if they lied or other witnesses said differently when questioned in turn, or be charged with contempt of court if they didn't speak.

The counsel to Honeywell, Bode Olanipekun however objected to this line of question by arguing that Ecobank's disregard for the procedures of the Federal High Court was wrong as a Witness Statement on oath sworn to by Dr. Otudeko was already before the court.

Afterwards, federal prosecutors accused Halloran of committing perjury on the witness stand and Judge Kenneth Karas also said he doubted the pol's «candor» under oath.

For a concrete witness, the Oath is inscribed in Greek and English on a fine stele that stands outside the entrance to the Toronto University Medical School.

Vaughn, I wish I would be given a chance; to ask you 101 questions, when you are on a witness stand, under oath.

We may have to wait until we have him on the witness stand and under oath.

Picture the witnesses on both sides, and also Michael Mann under oath.

That's why I'm playing this one differently from the Maclean's case: Dr Mann will be on the witness stand under oath, and the lies that went unchallenged in the Big Climate echo chamber will not prove so easy to get away with.

As you know, legal maneuvering and the usual procedural folderol of the sclerotic US «justice» system has delayed my efforts to get Mann deposed, discovered, and for the first time in his life up on the witness stand, testifying about the «hockey stick» under oath.

Three general indicators of threshold reliability justifying admission of a statement include «(i) the statement is made under oath or affirmation following a warning on the significance of the oath and the availability of sanctions for giving a false statement; (ii) the statement is videotaped in its entirety; and (iii) the opposing party has a full opportunity to cross-examine the witness respecting the statement» (at para. 32).

I can also spend some time cross examining that witness on his or her understanding of what verification requires and on the concept of perjury (by answering interrogatories «under oath» the witness becomes subject to perjury if the answers are both material and knowingly false).

Yet in Joshi v. BCVMA, 2010 BCCA 129, the Court of Appeal recognized an implied power of the BCMVMA Council to take oral evidence on oath or affirmation, and to allow the cross-examination of witnesses, since the absence of such powers would be «contrary to the statutory obligation of the Council to only admit applicants with satisfactory evidence of good character.»

Consequently, I find that his testimony on this point was evasive and lacked the candour that one rightfully expects of a witness testifying under oath or affirmation.

Notary public: A public official who is authorized to witness signatures on documents, to administer oaths, and to perform other tasks, such as attesting to the genuineness of various papers.

However, allowing the witness to decide what is binding on his or her conscience did result in a B.C. court in 1902 administering what it called the Chinese «chicken oath»: the decapitation of a live chicken followed by the incineration of the written oath (Rex v Ah Woocy, 9 B.C. 569).

If a person makes a statement to police and 2 years later in a courtroom, under oath but not the same case, they make a statement that directly contradicts their witness statement does the defense have an obligation to inform the prosecution of that fact or can they use it in court to discredit the witness on the stand?

You'll be in a situation where you're trussed into a process — there used to be a sense that if you went on the witness stand and you took an oath then you would tell the truth because the sanctions for not telling the truth were very great, people were worries about perjury and contempt of court — and in fact the family courts can make a reference to the criminal courts for prosecution for perjury but they just don't do it.

I found out judges rely almost entirely on live testimony under oath, and you need cross-examination skills and several expert witnesses to prove everything.

Appeal decision: A regulatory body has, in registration matters, a necessarily implied power to accept witness testimony on oath or affirmation, and to provide for the cross-examination of witnesses, where evidence of good character conflicts and turns on credibility: ``... an oral hearing is a necessary incidental power available to the Council in circumstances where evidence relevant to good character is in conflict, and credibility is in issue.

Interim orders are always subject to being replaced at the time of trial when more complete evidence is presented, witnesses are examined under oath and they are cross examined and expert evidence on contested issues can be assessed.

This is the legal term for lying under oath, either in writing or on the witness stand at trial.