Ear Witness
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One who attests to things he has heard himself. Earls were anciently called eomites, because they were wont comitari regent, to wait upon the king for counsel and advice. They were also called "shiremen," because each earl had the civil government of a shire. After the Norman conquest they were called "counts,' whence the shires obtained the names of counties. They have now nothing to do with the government of counties, which has entirely developed on the sheriff, the earl's deputy, or vice comes.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One who attests to things he has heard himself.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the taw of evidence, One who attests or can attest anything as heard by himseif.