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Definition of Discrediting
1. discredit [v] - See also: discredit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discrediting
Literary usage of Discrediting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps, Andrew Amos (1838)
"The cross-examination of the witness, as to the fact of his previous conviction,
generally produces all the effect of discrediting him, which can properly ..."
2. The Principles of Judicial Proof: As Given by Logic, Psychology, and General by John Henry Wigmore (1913)
"In short, the whole process of Impeachment or discrediting of a witness, as known
to practitioners, is nothing but the general logical process of ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"... than we are to determine whether the Jury have done properly In refusing to
regard these discrediting circumstances with which the record abounds'. ..."
4. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1802)
"... the lord treasurer Godolphin with plausible pretexts for discrediting their
measures ; and intrigues were formed for overturning their administration. ..."
5. Forgeries and False Entries by William Edward Hingston (1909)
"discrediting A WILL. When a Handwriting Expert is called to pass an opinion
involving the question of whether the signatures on a will are genuine or ..."
6. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"THE discrediting OP LAISSEZ-FAIRE The laissez-faire social philosophy reached
the zenith of JJf ,„. its ascendancy in the third quarter of the last century. ..."
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