expert witness

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

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How to use expert witness in a sentence

All told, Kennedy estimated that it would cost at least $50,000 to comply with the nondisclosure agreement, which also might bar his expert witness from testifying at trial.
A secret algorithm is transforming DNA evidence. This defendant could be the first to scrutinize it.|Justin Jouvenal|July 13, 2021|Washington Post
The economists also serve as expert witnesses, breaking down complicated economic ideas for judges and juries during antitrust trials.
Inside Compass Lexecon, one of the top antitrust consulting firms|Nicolás Rivero|June 27, 2021|Quartz
He said the case cites Haya’s research, and he remembers talking to her about offsets, but said she was not part of the case, and never acted as a consultant or expert witness.
The California Air Resources Board Challenges Our Carbon Credits Investigations. We Respond.|by Lisa Song, ProPublica, and James Temple, MIT Technology Review|May 12, 2021|ProPublica
The group points to the fact that a portion of confidential records were accidentally made accessible on the state’s website, and one of their expert witnesses was able to hack into it and access even more private information.
How a Supreme Court Case About Nonprofit Donations Could Affect America's Elections|Madeleine Carlisle|April 25, 2021|Time

There will also likely be a number of expert witnesses testifying for both the prosecution and the defense.
Derek Chauvin's Trial Set to Begin Over the Death of George Floyd|Josiah Bates|March 25, 2021|Time
Peacock served as an expert witness on grizzlies in federal court for Glacier National Park.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Benkler, a defense expert witness, testified, however, that Manning's leaks were proportional to the Information Age he lives in.
Questions Over Judge’s Rulings But Little Hope for Bradley Manning|Alexa O'Brien|July 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Worse still, they called on an expert witness—an imposter—who made a mockery of scientific procedure.
‘The Staircase’: Director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade on Michael Peterson, Owls, and More|Jean-Xavier de Lestrade|March 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ill go into court and examine McLaughlin, myself, as an expert witness.
Cursed|George Allan England
His remarks must have the definiteness of the expert witness whose testimony in court carries so much weight.
Public Speaking|Clarence Stratton
Mr. Chairman, I would like permission to take Mr. Nicol's testimony as an expert witness in the field of firearms identification.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Expert Witness (with great deliberation, and illustrating his remarks by references to a large plan).
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, March 28, 1891|Various
Mr. Chairman, may this witness be permitted to testify as an expert witness on the subject of fingerprints?
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy