hostile witness

English

Noun

hostile witness (plural hostile witnesses)

1. (law) A witness who intentionally gives unfavorable evidence against the party that called him or her as its witness.

Synonyms

• adverse witness
• turncoat witness
• unfavourable witness

Translations

person called to testify by a party to whom that witness is opposed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 敵對證人／敌对证人 (díduì zhèngrén)

• Spanish: testigo desfavorable m
• Thai: พยานปรปักษ์