CREDIBLE

Worthy of belief; entitled to credit. See COMPETENCY. Credible person. One who is trustworthy and entitled to be believed; in law and legal proceedings, one who is entitled to have his oath or affidavit accepted as reliable, not only on account of his good reputation for veracity; but also on account of his intelligence, knowledge of the circumstances, and disinterested relation to the matter in question. Dunn v. State) 7 Tex. App. H05; Territory v. Leary. 8 X. M. 180, 43 Pac. 688: Peck v. Chambers, 44 W. Va. 270, 28 S. E. 706. Credible witness. One who, being competent to give evidence, is worthy of belief. Peck v. Chambers, 44 W. Va. 270, 28 S. E. 706; Savage v. Bulger (Ky.) 77 S. W. 717: Amory v. Fellowes, 5 Mass. 228; Bacon v. Bacon, 17 Pick. (Mass.) 134: Robinson v. Savage, 124 111. 266, 15 N. E. 850. Credibility. Worthiness of belief; that quality in a witness which renders his evidence worthy of belief. After the competence of a witness is allowed, the consideration of his credibility arises, and not before. 3’B1. Comm. 309: I Burrows, 414, 417; In Re Wex, 18, Vt. 36; Smith v. Jones, 68 Vt. 132, 34 Atl. 424. As to the distinction between competency and credibility, see COMPETENCY: Credibly Informed. The statemeut in a pleading or affidavit that one is “credibly informed and verily believes” such and suoh. facts, means that, having no direct personal knowledge of the matter in question, he has derived his information in regard, to it from authentic sources or from the statements of persons who, are not only “credible.” in the sense of being trustworthy, but also informed as to the pari ticular matter or conversant with it.