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expert witness

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noun

  1. a person, as a physician, who provides testimony at a legal proceeding in the form of professional opinions.


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It was simply Madoff taking money out of his own firm,” said Dubinsky, an expert witness for the government.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

An expert witness said the bowel procedure carried out by Dr Rahman was "not known to man"

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Judges at Manhattan's second circuit of appeals sent the previously dismissed cases back to a lower court for further proceedings, after ruling that a district judge had improperly excluded expert witness testimony.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

He cites an expert witness who says that in federal, state and city elections from 2017-24, the district’s black voters stuck together 91% of the time, and Latinos did 88%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 26, 2026

Her testimony was exposed as unreliable by the State's own expert witness, Dr. Dennis McNally, an obstetrician/gynecologist who examined Mrs. Colbey two weeks after the stillbirth.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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