A witness testifies voluntarily in a judicial process.
A witness is a person who provides testimony or who directly witnesses a certain event.
For example: "My aunt witnessed a robbery and now she has to go to testify in court" , "I witnessed Perón's arrival in Ezeiza" , "The witness declared that he saw the suspect enter the building at nine in the night."
Witness is also the person who voluntarily testifies before a court about facts that can help in the resolution of a court case. The witness's statement is known as testimony .
Types of witness
We speak of an eyewitness when the person saw the events directly, while the non-eyewitness is one who gives a statement about something he or she has heard or been told.
Sometimes, an expert witness is considered a non-eyewitness since he or she can provide testimony based on his or her specific or technical knowledge. The condition of your testimony, however, depends on each legislation.
It is common for the witness to make his statement under oath , which is a kind of guarantee about the veracity of the testimony. If the witness lies, he or she may be accused of perjury.
In the same way, we cannot ignore the existence of the prosecution witness , who is the one who attends a trial and who is in charge of testifying against the person who is being prosecuted. Quite the opposite of what the defense witness is, who testifies in her favor.
In a wedding, the witnesses sign a document as a record of the ceremony.
a movie
In the cinematographic field there is an internationally famous film that has the word in question in its title. This is "Only Witness" (also known as "Witness in Danger" ), an American film that Peter Weir directed in 1985 and which stars Harrison Ford , Kelly McGillis and Danny Glover .
It tells how a child from the Amish culture sees the murder of a man. From that moment on he becomes the target of the perpetrators of the crime who want to end the little boy's life so that he cannot testify against them. Therefore, the police will do everything possible to protect you.
Other uses of the term witness
In the notarial field, there is the instrumental witness , which is one who, together with the notary, is responsible for affirming both the fact and the content of a document in question.
All this without forgetting that in the celebration of a marriage the figure of witnesses is also necessary. Their function is to sign the wedding certificate as a way of recording the reality of the wedding.
In the field of sport , finally, the baton or baton is a bar that is used in the relay race. The runners of the same team pass the baton in the exchange area that is enabled for this at each post. The passing of the baton is essential to win a race since it is proof that each relay has been carried out in accordance with the regulations.