expert witness

noun

: a witness in a court of law who is an expert on a particular subject

Examples of expert witness in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And an expert witness for the Doelgers wrote in a report to the court that by the latter half of 2019 her husband’s declining mental condition would have been apparent to people at the bank. —

Tom Schoenberg, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024 That includes asking a DOJ's expert witness to explain what would happen if Google's alleged ad tech monopoly was broken up, given how many people depend on its ad demand. —

Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024 Has served as an expert witness in civil and voting rights cases. —

Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024 Still, the defense scored a point in their favor by noting that their expert witness, who argued the search occurred at 2:27, arrived at his conclusion by using a method developed by one of the prosecution’s witnesses. —

Aja Romano, Vox, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for expert witness

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