hostile witness - translation to italian
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hostile witness - translation to italian

WITNESS AT TRIAL WHOSE TESTIMONY ON DIRECT EXAMINATION IS EITHER OPENLY ANTAGONISTIC OR APPEARS TO BE CONTRARY TO THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE PARTY WHO CALLED THE WITNESS
Adverse witness; Adversarial witness; Unfavorable witness

hostile witness         
1968 FILM BY RAY MILLAND
Adverse witness; Adversarial witness; Unfavorable witness
ostile testimone (testimone che viene chiamato in causa ma dice cose contrarie a quello che dovrebbe dire)
adverse witness         
testimone a sfavore, testimone sfavorevole (giudiz.)
expert opinion         
WITNESS WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE EXPERTISE AND SPECIALISED KNOWLEDGE IN A PARTICULAR SUBJECT BEYOND THAT OF THE AVERAGE PERSON
Expert witnesses; Expert source; Expert testimony; Expert Testimony; Scientific evidence (law); Expert Witness; Expert opinion; Expert evidence; Forensic witness; Forensic testimony; Professional witness; Judicial expert; Sociomedical assessment
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Definition

hostile witness
¦ noun Law a witness who is antagonistic to the party calling them and, being unwilling to tell the truth, may have to be asked leading questions.

Wikipedia

Hostile witness

A hostile witness, also known as an adverse witness or an unfavorable witness, is a witness at trial whose testimony on direct examination is either openly antagonistic or appears to be contrary to the legal position of the party who called the witness. This concept is used in the legal proceedings in the United States, and analogues of it exist in other legal systems in Western countries.

Examples of use of hostile witness
1. The third appeared in court, but was declared a hostile witness after she refused to answer the prosecution‘s questions.
2. Initially a prosecution witness, she was declared a hostile witness by prosecutors once the nature of her testimony became apparent.
3. Producer Ranjit Sharma has also offered a role to absconding hostile witness Harish Dulani, whom the police had not been able to trace.
4. Before authorizing a major military operation, the prime minister has a duty to question the chief–of–staff as one would a "hostile witness," Dror wrote.
5. Advertisement Abutbul himself was called to testify yesterday, but after he refused to answer questions, cracked jokes, and called the judge "honey," he was declared a hostile witness.