testimony
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 444 U.S. 707 - United States v. Euge · 1980Most cited · 656 citing opinions
authority to compel the creation of handwriting exemplars.
How the Supreme Court has restated “testimony”
Each Supreme Court definition of “testimony,” sized by how often later courts cited it. “Change” is measured by wording overlap with earlier definitions — a rough signal, not a semantic judgment.
How often courts cite the cases defining “testimony”
Court decisions citing the 3 opinions that defined “testimony” — 1,170 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 3 definitions, chronological · 1980–2015
[a] solemn declaration or affirma *354 tion made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.'" 541 U.S., at 51 (quoting Webster).
a solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact." Id., at 51 , 124 S.Ct. 1354 (internal quotation marks and alteration omitted).