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WITHOUT THIS or WITHOUT THAT

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pleading. These are technical words used in a traverse, for the purpose of denying a material fact in the preceding pleadings, whether declaration, plea, replication In Latin it is called absque hoc. … [Read more...]

WITHOUT THIS THAT

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In pleading. Formal words used in pleadings by way of traverse, particularly by way of special traverse, importing an express denial of some matter of fact alleged in a previous pleading. Steph. PI. 168, 169, 179, 180. … [Read more...]

WITNESS

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(A) A person who has witnessed something that is relevant and has probative value in determining the outcome of the case. A witness is a person who testifies under oath, either at a deposition or a trial, and provides a direct recollection of events or expert testimony about a subject. When witnessing another person singing a document the witness may sign the document and … [Read more...]

WITNESS INSTRUMENTARY

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Scotch law. He who has attested a deed or other writing. 2. When witnesses attest a deed without knowing the grantor, and seeing him subscribe, or bearing him own his subscription, and the deed happens to be forged, the witnesses are declared accessory to forgery. … [Read more...]

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