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- noun Plural form of
eye-witness .
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Examples
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We've had so-called eye-witnesses, who are absolutely sure a man committed a crime -- until DNA evidence proves them wrong.
Sister Mary Ann Walsh: The Death Penalty Is Political Sport At Its Most Barbarous Sister Mary Ann Walsh 2011
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The perpetrator escaped the scene of the crime, but eye-witnesses remembered his license plate number.
Global Voices in English » Russia: Blogging for Justice in Hit-and-Run Accident Case 2009
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And all those eye-witnesses who saw him being beaten by police officers?
7/7 Bombs – Police To Blame SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Some in the audience agreed, saying they had heard the same story from other eye-witnesses.
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So strange, so inexplicable a phenomenon, attested by eye-witnesses, corroborated by men of recognized standing, and acknowledged by government as well as unofficial historians among the people who had sworn undying hostility to the Bábí Faith, may be truly regarded as the most marvelous manifestation of the unique potentialities with which a Dispensation promised by all the Dispensations of the past had been endowed.
Rothwell Polk: Baha'is Commemorate The Martyrdom Of The Bab Rothwell Polk 2011
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This means that if a victim reports sexual abuse but the perpetrator denies it and there are no eye-witnesses, the court can find the child guilty of having consented to the sex.
Global Voices in English » Maldives: Journalists at Risk 2009
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According to some eye-witnesses, 02 people were killed by security forces in Anosy.
Global Voices in English » Madagascar : Transitional government is trampling on freedom of speech 2009
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[A detective there] talked about the accident - according to her, the driver got into the oncoming lane as he was passing the two cars (whose drivers were eye-witnesses) that were letting my wife cross the street.
Global Voices in English » Russia: Blogging for Justice in Hit-and-Run Accident Case 2009
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Under Maldivian law child sexual abuse requires a confession by the alleged abuser, or testimony by four eye-witnesses, for a successful conviction to take place.
Global Voices in English » Maldives: Journalists at Risk 2009
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So strange, so inexplicable a phenomenon, attested by eye-witnesses, corroborated by men of recognized standing, and acknowledged by government as well as unofficial historians among the people who had sworn undying hostility to the Bábà Faith, may be truly regarded as the most marvelous manifestation of the unique potentialities with which a Dispensation promised by all the Dispensations of the past had been endowed.
Rothwell Polk: Baha'is Commemorate The Martyrdom Of The Bab Rothwell Polk 2011
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