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queen's evidence

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noun

  1. Also called (when the sovereign is male): king's evidence.  US equivalent: state's evidence.  English law (when the sovereign is female) evidence given for the Crown against his or her former associates in crime by an accomplice (esp in the phrase turn queen's evidence )

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