Credibility
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Worthiness of belief; that quality in a witness which renders his evidence worthy of belief. After the competence of a witness is allowed, the consideration of his credibility arises, and not bsfore.
3 Bl. Comm. 369; 1 Burrows, 414, 417; Smith v. Jones, 68 Vt. 132, 34 Atl. 424.
As to the distinction between competency and credibility, see Competency.