testimony

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From Latin testimōnium (testimony), from testis (a witness); see test.

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testimony (plural testimonies)

  1. (law) statements made by a witness in court.
    • 2012 August 21, Pilkington, Ed, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, The Guardian:
      The Missouri prosecutors' case against Clemons, based partly on incriminating testimony given by his co-defendants, was that Clemons was part of a group of four youths who accosted the sisters on the Chain of Rocks Bridge one dark night in April 1991.
  2. An account of first-hand experience.
  3. In a church service, a personal account, such as of one's conversion.

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