expert witness

noun

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

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Scott Halleran / Allsport / Getty Images Doug Casa, a professor at the University of Connecticut, was an expert witness for the Stringer family during their decade-long litigation with many entities, including the NFL, over Korey Stringer's death. Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025 The government has argued that the defense's expert witness would be instructing the jury on the law, something only the judge, Adelman, can do. John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 26 Nov. 2025 Prosecutors declined the option of bringing in their own expert witness, instead using Rocha’s decisions to counter the defense’s findings. Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 25 Nov. 2025 The district court relied in part on testimony from an expert witness on religious groups and coercive influence. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for expert witness

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expert witness

see witness

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