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 The plaintiff’s expert witness crunched the numbers to find that over the course of nine consecutive academic years, nearly four percent of HBCU teams earned post-season bans, compared to less than a tenth of a percent of non-HBCU teams. —

Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 July 2024 But access to an expert witness is exceedingly hard to come by. —

Zoe Adams and Asher Levinthal, STAT, 21 June 2024 One of the only ways for parents to prove their innocence is through a medical expert witness who is willing to testify against a prosecution’s determination of child abuse. —

Zoe Adams and Asher Levinthal, STAT, 21 June 2024 Another lawyer who submitted a statement was an expert witness at trial who, according to the judge, lacked credibility, Fan said. —

Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for expert witness

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