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A '''witness''' is one who personally sees or perceives a thing; one who [[testify|testifies]] as to what he has seen, heard, or otherwise observed.
A '''witness''' is one who sees, knows, or vouches for something<ref>Black's Law Dictionary (7th ed., 1999)</ref>; one who [[testify|testifies]] as to what he has seen, heard, or otherwise observed; "a person called upon to observe a transaction, signing, etc. in order to testify concerning it if it is later held in question"<ref>Webster's New World Dictionary (Third College Edition, 1988)</ref>.
"Every witness is an editor: he tells you not everything he saw and heard, for that would be impossible, but what he saw and heard and found significant, and what he finds significant depends on his preconceptions."<ref>Devlin, Patrick, The Criminal Prosecution in England, (1960), p. 66, quoted in Black's Law Dictionary (7th ed., 1999)</ref>
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