Testimony
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The statement made by a witness under oath or affirmation. For distinction between "testimony" and "evidence," see "Evidence." TESTIS (Lat.) A witness.
TESTIS D'E VI SU PRAEPONDERAT alils
An eye witness outweighs others.
4 Inst. 470.
TESTIS LUPANARIS SUFFICIT AD FACtum in lupanari. A lewd person is a sufficient witness to an act committed in a brothel.
Moore, 817.
TESTIS NEMO IN SUA CAUSA ESSE potest. No one can be a witness in his own cause. Otherwise in England, by St. 14 & 15 Vict. 99, and many of the states of the United States. TESTIS OCULATUS UNUS PLUS VALET quam' auriti decern. One eye witness is worth ten ear witnesses.
4 Inst. 279. See 3 Bouv. Inst, note 3154.