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Definition of Impeaching
1. impeach [v] - See also: impeach
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impeaching
Literary usage of Impeaching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"This was a matter in issue when the case was tried by the jury. The alleged newly
discovered evidence is both impeaching and cumulative ..."
2. A Brief for the Trial of Civil Issues Before a Jury by Austin Abbott, William Charles Wermuth (1922)
"Form of question to impeaching witness. The impeaching witness should -he asked
the same questions propounded to the principal witness in respect to the ..."
3. An Illustrated Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1905)
"It is also to be observed that the impeaching witness may, and should, be subjected
... Weight to be given impeaching evidence.— The weight to be given the ..."
4. Walker's Errors in Civil Proceedings: Being the Errors in Civil Proceedings by William Slee Walker (1917)
"impeaching evidence. (a) Improperly receiving impeaching testimony will not reverse.
Where, in an action tried to a court, impeaching testimony is ..."
5. A Commentary on the Law of Evidence in Civil Issues by Francis Wharton (1888)
"in order to throw discredit on the impeached witness, that the impeaching witness
should state that he would not believe the im- Penn. St. 438; Knight ». ..."
6. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"Illegal step in impeaching Fitz- harris for high treason before the Lords. ...
A motion was made and carried in the Commons for impeaching Fitzharris before ..."
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