expert witness

noun

: a witness in a court of law who is an expert on a particular subject

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Second, the court concluded this was a complicated issue not within a layperson's knowledge and that Khoury needed an expert witness to back his claims. Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025 After the prosecution questioned an expert witness, the forensic psychologist Dawn Hughes, on the complexities of domestic abusers—namely, why women stay with abusers—there was lunch. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025 Prosecutors used Harper as an expert witness in the case. Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 1 July 2025 An expert witness said the injuries matched her testimony in court. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for expert witness

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expert witness

see witness

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