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hostile witness

witness at trial whose testimony on direct examination is either openly antagonistic or appears to be contrary to the legal position of the party who called the witness
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hostile witness

Summary

hostile witness is a legal term or legal concept[1]. It draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (legal_term_or_legal_concept category, ranking #96 of 484).[2]

Key Facts

  • hostile witness's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • hostile witness's subclass of is recorded as witness[4].
  • hostile witness's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03p4x[5].
  • hostile witness's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2775854836[6].

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Designation and Status

hostile witness's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].

Why It Matters

hostile witness draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (legal_term_or_legal_concept category, ranking #96 of 484).[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). hostile witness. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hostile-witness
MLA “hostile witness.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hostile-witness.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hostile-witness_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hostile witness}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hostile-witness}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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