Usually means: Witness adverse to questioning party.
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  1. hostile witness: Merriam-Webster
  2. hostile witness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  1. hostile witness: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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  3. hostile witness: Law.com Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (hostile witness)

▸ noun:  (law) A witness who intentionally gives unfavorable evidence against the party that called him or her as its witness.

Similar:
adverse witness, anti-Witness, zealous witness, libelant, hostile, adverse party, enemy, libellant, unfriendly, assailant, more...

Types:
uncooperative, unhelpful, unfriendly, antagonistic, belligerent, combative, disagreeable, more...

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Similar:
adverse witness, anti-Witness, zealous witness, libelant, hostile, adverse party, enemy, libellant, unfriendly, assailant, more...

Types:
uncooperative, unhelpful, unfriendly, antagonistic, belligerent, combative, disagreeable, more...



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