STATE'S EVIDENCE


Meaning of STATE'S EVIDENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Usage: often capitalized S

Date: 1787

: a participant in a crime or an accomplice who gives evidence for the prosecution especially in return for a reduced sentence ; also : the evidence given — used chiefly in the phrase turn state's evidence

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