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Definition of Expert witness
1. Noun. A witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expert Witness
Literary usage of Expert witness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Auditing: Theory and Practice by Robert Hiester Montgomery (1916)
"The Auditor as an expert witness Few professional auditors escape their day in
... The author has testified as an expert witness scores of times, ..."
2. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology by Henry Cadwalader Chapman (1892)
"CHAPTER I. Importance of the subject of Medical Jurisprudence—Ordinary and Expert
Witness—The Coroner's Physician—Relations of the Medical Profession to the ..."
3. Engineering and Architectural Jurisprudence: A Presentation of the Law of by John Cassan Wait (1898)
"Qualifications of an Expert—Who may Be an expert witness.— After having determined
that the question is one requiring expert testimony, it next becomes ..."
4. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1919)
"Apart from the statute, a written opinion presented to me by a member of the bar
claims that an expert witness may be compelled to testify as to matters of ..."
5. An Illustrated Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1905)
"An expert witness.—An expert witness is one who is skilled in some art, science,
trade, profession, or other human activity, and possesses peculiar ..."
6. Engineering Contracts and Specifications: Including a Brief Synopsis of the by John Butler Johnson (1904)
"An expert witness is one who is allowed by the court to testify in a case by ...
To qualify as an expert witness one must be able to show such a knowledge ..."
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