General Character
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The general character is the estimation in which a person is held in the community where he has resided, and, ordinarily, the members of that community are the only proper witnesses to testify as to such character. Accordingly a witness who goes to the place of the former residence of a party to learn his character will not be allowed to testify as to the result of his inquiries.
Douglass v. Tousey, 2 Wend. (N. Y.) 354, 20 Am. Dec. 616.
See Character.
See Character.