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expert witness

American  

noun

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


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An expert witness, a psychiatrist, testified that the boy had schizophrenia, and had suffered from mental illness and experienced delusions since he was nine years old.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

In recent days Meta, which has more than three billion users around the world, tried to block ex-Meta employee and expert witness, Arturo Bejar, from testifying.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

Attendees at the hearing Tuesday included family members of patients who had suffered serious health consequences following what the government’s expert witness described as inappropriate prescriptions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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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