Witnesses Sentence Examples

Why was he in the yard of a burning house where witnesses had seen him?

In 1129 Geoffrey appears at Oxford among the witnesses of an Oseney charter.

Parties and witnesses were put on oath.

One didn't keep maps of the location of witnesses they were hiding.

It was publicly sealed and witnessed by professional witnesses, as well as by collaterally interested parties.

Pope Leo had indeed, in a letter to the Franciscan ministergeneral (November 1898), and in an encyclical to the French clergy (September 1899), vigorously emphasized the traditionalist principles of his encyclical Providentissimus of 1893; he had even, much to his prompt regret, signed the unfortunate decree of the Roman Inquisition, January 1897, prohibiting all doubt as to the authenticity of the "Three Heavenly Witnesses" passage, John v.

One of the false witnesses was, it is asserted, Khalid b.

It is an advance on this when Heraclitus 2 opposes to the eyes and ears which are bad witnesses " for such as understand not their language " a common something which we would do well to follow; or again when in the incommensurability of the diagonal and side of a square the Pythagoreans stumbled upon what was clearly neither thing nor image of sense, but yet was endowed with meaning, and henceforth were increasingly at home with symbol and formula.

See Frederic Denison, Westerly and its Witnesses, for Two Hundred and Fifty Years, 1626-1876 (Providence, R.I., 1878).

No jury was empanelled and no witnesses were called; she was condemned, simply on her confession, to be burnt.

It was foreordained that Messiah's witnesses should be borne by Divine power through all obstacles and to ever-widening circles, until they reached and occupied Rome itself for the God of Israel - now manifest (as foretold by Israel's own prophets) as the one God of the one race of mankind.

This explains the large space devoted to the tribulations of the witnesses, and their constancy amid them, after the type of their Lord Himself.

Another side is the recurring exhibition of the fact that these witnesses were persecuted only by those whose action should create no bias against the persecuted.

The perspective of the whole is no doubt his own; and as his witnesses probably furnished but few hints for a continuous narrative, this perspective, especially in things chronological, may sometimes be faulty.

The process, however, of sifting out the readings of all our present witnesses - MSS., versions, Fathers - has not yet gone far enough to yield any sure or final result as to the history of this text, so as to show what in its extant forms is primary, secondary, and so on.

The classification of groups of " Western " witnesses has already begun.

When completed, it will cast light, not only on the origin and growth of this type of text, but also on the exact value of the remaining witnesses to the original text of Acts - and further on the early handling of New Testament writings generally.

Indeed there are signs that its undogmatic nature caused it to be comparatively neglected at certain times and places, as, e.g., Chrysostom explicitly witnesses.

The Spanish Renaissance would in itself suffice, if other witnesses were wanting, to prove how inaccurate is the theory that limits this movement to the revival of learning.

A Cadmon witnesses a Buckinghamshire charter of about A.D.

He wrote 3 to the Lords excusing his absence, requesting them to appoint a convenient time for his defence and cross-examination of witnesses, and imploring them not to allow their minds to be prejudiced against him, at the same time declaring that he would not " trick up an innocency with cavillations, but plainly and ingenuously declare what he knew or remembered."

In criminal cases the dispensation of justice is always summary, and, when the offence is small, the whole procedure, including the examination of witnesses and criminal, as well as the decision and the punishment, a bastinado, is a matter of some minutes.

By that code as well as by the former code the police have a legal sanction for doing what by practice they do in England; they take evidence for their own information and guidance in the investigation of cases and are clothed with the power to compel the attendance of witnesses and question them.

Papias uses the term "the Elders," or Fathers of the Christian community, to describe the original witnesses to Christ's teaching, i.e.

What originality it had - at first sight it would seem not much - belongs to these thinkers; but the loss of all their works except the hymn of Cleanthes, and the inconsistencies in such scraps of information as can be gleaned from unintelligent witnesses, for the most part of many centuries later, have rendered it a peculiarly difficult task to distinguish with certainty the work of each of the three.

He contributed to the prosecution of the Hebertists, and was responsible for the law of the 22nd Prairial, which in the case of trials before the Revolutionary Tribunal deprived the accused of the aid of counsel or of witnesses or their defence, on the pretext of shortening the proceedings.

On the r 5th of August he was directed to hand over £40 given him for the purpose, to a successor, the treaty of Bretigny having been made meanwhile and confirmed at Calais with Wykeham as one of the witnesses on the 24th of October.

Besides assisting British subjects who are tried for offences in the local courts, and ascertaining the humanity of their treatment after sentence, he has to consider whether home or foreign law is more appropriate to the case, having regard to the convenience of witnesses and the time required for decision; and, where local courts have wrongfully interfered, he puts the home government in motion through the consul-general or ambassador.

Where an offence has been committed on the high seas, or aboard ashore, by British seamen or apprentices, the consul makes inquiry on oath, and may send home the offender and witnesses by a British ship, particulars for the Board of Trade being endorsed on the agreement for conveyance.

But the personal relation of the original Palestinian apostles to Jesus himself as Master gave them a unique fitness as authorized witnesses, from which flowed naturally, by sheer spiritual influence, such special forms of authority as they came gradually to exercise in the early Church.

In 1282 he was one of the witnesses whose testimony was formally given at St Denis in the matter of the canonization of Louis, and in 1298 he was present at the exhumation of the saint's body.

The most prominent of those who remained received such titles as the "Anointed Ones," the "Angel of the Last Trumpet," the "Seven Witnesses" and so forth.

Paupers, idiots, insane persons and persons who are convicted of crimes which exclude them from being witnesses and who have not been pardoned and restored to civil rights are disfranchised.

In the same year he had published in a church meeting the names of certain young people, members of the church, who were suspected of reading improper books, 2 and also the names of those who were to be called as witnesses in the case.

But witnesses and accused were not distinguished on this list, and the congregation was in an uproar.

Ludovico was taken prisoner and carried to France; the city, which had been strictly spared on the first entry of Louis XII., was entered and sacked; and the model of Leonardo's great statue made a butt (as eye witnesses tell) for Gascon archers.

At Burr's trial at Richmond in 1807 Eaton was one of the witnesses, but his testimony was unimportant.

The presence of priest or witnesses was not necessary.

The petition was referred to a committee of the House, who called witnesses.

Treaties and occasional very important contracts were made "blood-covenants" and inviolable by drawing a drop of blood from the little finger of each of the contracting parties, blending this with water, and both drinking the mixture out of the same cup. The forms of legal evidence were pledges, documents, witnesses and oaths.

After an interval of ten days more, the creditor entered with his law agent, two witnesses and four horses, went farther in upon the land, repeated his demand, and if refused withdrew.

Finally, after a further interval of ten days, he entered once more with his law agent, three witnesses and eight horses, drove up to the debtor's house, repeated his demand, and if not satisfied drove a herd of cattle or a flock of sheep in upon the farm and left men to care for them.

Most of these buildings are witnesses in different ways to the peculiar position of Palermo in the 12th century as the "city of the threefold tongue," Greek, Arabic, and Latin.

The royal courts are no longer to attend the kings persona vexatious practice when sovereigns were always on the move, and litigants and witnesses had to follow them from manor to manorbut are to be fixed at Westminster.

This latter charge, though proved to the satisfaction of the committees of both Houses of Parliament, broke down under the cross-examination of the government witnesses by the counsel for the defence, and could indeed only have been substantiated by a dangerous stretching of the doctrine of constructive treason.

But if Harding the Berkeley ancestor be the Harding who, as the queen's butler, witnesses King Edward's Waltham charter of 1062, his dates seem strangely apart from those of Robert his son, dead a hundred and eight years later.

The St Thomas's sisterhood at Oxford commenced in 1847; and the present mother-superior of the Holy Trinity Convent at Oxford, Marian Hughes, dedicated herself before witnesses to such a life as early as 1841 (Liddon's Life of Dr Pusey, iii.).

As the Revolutionary Tribunal was said to be paralysed by forms and delays, this law abolished the defence of prisoners by counsel and the examination of witnesses.

Moreover, remorse and penitence are witnesses in the wrongdoer to the truth of the interpretation.

On the 27th of January following Wilberforce carried a motion for referring to a special committee the further examination of witnesses, but after full inquiry the motion for abolition in April 1791 was lost by 163 votes to 88.

The "grace of truth" (the charisma), which the apostles had called down upon their first disciples by prayer and layingon of hands, and which was to be imparted anew by way of succession (&aSoxii, successio) to the bishops from generation to generation without a break, makes those who receive it living witnesses of the salvation offered to the faithful by written and spoken tradition.

Felix had previously been declared innocent after an examination of records and witnesses at Carthage.

Seventy-four charges were drawn up, only twenty of which were set aside after the witnesses had been heard.

In 1651 he began to have revelations, and to proclaim himself and his cousin John Reeve, whose journeyman he was, as the two witnesses mentioned in Rev. xi.

His attack on the Quakers drew forth William Penn's book, The New Witnesses proved old Heretics (1672).

They have all been influenced by K, I, and by the text of parallel passages, to a greater extent than 6 1 - 2, or than either of the two witnesses to 6 1 - 2, but some of them have less Egyptian corruption.

The object of taking boys was obviously to ensure that witnesses to the boundaries should survive as long as possible.

It was not, however, until August 1823 that the emperor drew up the necessary papers, in the presence of the metropolitan Philaret and other witnesses, and deposited them in sealed packets, to be opened at his death, with the council of state, the senate and the holy synod.

He was appealing for witnesses to assist his inquiries into the collision.

The story was corroborated by defense witnesses; but, he was found guilty and sentenced to death.

Gather the witnesses, push for details, probe, get the precise meanings of what they said.

It was also found that rapid alternation between 0% and 100% opacity was an extremely successful aid to spotting differences between witnesses.

March the Respondents will, by list, notify the appellant of all or any witnesses against whom subpoenas will be issued.

According to reports of witnesses, roads in the southern part of Serbia continue to be flooded with tractors and trailers with household belongings.

The witness citation body may enter into an agreement with the police for the citation of witnesses in remote areas.

He asked to call witnesses, including those Bolshevik commissars who were supposed to be keeping an eye on him.

Some witnesses describe her as being in ` a gray Victorian dress `, other that the gown is a black crinoline.

The Committee shares the concerns of some witnesses that these payments might not be completely decoupled in all Member States.

Prosecutions do not require scores of witnesses swearing on oath that they were in fact depraved and corrupted; it is all hypothetical.

These two verses seem to be the central plank as the two witnesses prophesy doom.

For any lawyer knows that you can expose falsehood by asking witnesses about the details.

Shortly afterward witnesses see the harem arrive at Elysee restaurant in central London TOGETHER.

Time and again, terrifying winged humanoids have been seen, on the ground or in flight, by reliable witnesses.

Witnesses You will need two witnesses to be present during the wedding ceremony, both of whom are not immediate family members.

Students enact a road rage incident and subsequent interviews between police, witnesses and those involved in the incident.

Witnesses reported hearing the attackers shout homophobic insults at Mr Dobrowski.

Some witnesses believed that intemperance had increased in Glasgow.

From the point of view of the unsuccessful litigant, trial by witnesses must have been unsatisfactory at the best of times.

We get none of the biological absurdities of abduction lore, no switching off of witnesses, no mind rays.

The picture painted by these three witnesses was of a home dominated by the matriarch, Mrs Joan Cave.

Witnesses said 10 inspectors entered the campus, accompanied by 16 Iraqi minders.

Take the Jehovah's Witnesses, who reckon there are only 144,000 places in Heaven and they've already nabbed them all.

But The Ghost sank the ship and escaped, so there will be no witnesses who might tell the police about him.

I have a posse of witnesses that I was in Ely at the time.. .

They remind us today of various cults or religious racketeers, of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

The student or his/her representative shall present the case to the panel, calling such witnesses and presenting such evidence as he/she thinks fit.

The success of this process depends on witnesses being able to speak the truth about racism without suffering reprisals.

It is worth pointing out that Jehovah's Witnesses do not normally accept PAD, although most will accept intraoperative cell salvage.

Why did He pick lowly shepherds to be the witnesses of this divine beginning?

Whenever there were witnesses, cameras, microphones and/or tape recorders in evidence, he would become very cagey and evasive.

But he noted he asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld if the witnesses could appear by video teleconference.

It explains clearly that the Will has been signed by the testator in the presence of the witnesses.

Witnesses to convict them were, unsurprisingly, hard to find - and when one murder trial fell through, the twins felt untouchable.

Despite being truth claims, the goal of witnesses ' statements is the attainment of mere verisimilitude or plausibility, not truth.

Witnesses of course require to be advised that any claim for expenses require to be properly vouched.

Improving the service to vulnerable or intimidated witnesses 30.

It should also have the power to call on experts, or summon witnesses if appropriate, to help in such work.

Mr. Morgan then addressed the jury, and called several witnesses to disprove the statements made by the witnesses for the prosecution.

His wonderful power of exposition, aided by a remarkable memory, is attested by the most various witnesses.

On the second charge, that of repetundae (extortion during the administration of his province), with especial reference to the io,000 talents paid by Ptolemy for his restoration, he was found guilty, in spite of evidence offered on his behalf by Pompey and witnesses from Alexandria and the eloquence of Cicero, who had been induced to plead his cause.

It was forbidden to communicate to the accused the entire copy of the declaration of the witnesses.

As regards civil law, Jews were at first allowed to settle disputes between Jew and Jew before their own courts, but Justinian denied to them and to heretics the right to appear as witnesses in the public courts against orthodox Christians.

The result of the investigations, during which nearly five hundred witnesses were examined, was the disclosure of a system which in treachery and atrocity was little inferior to the old African slave trade.

The second was called for by the preference which the common law gave to a distant collateral over the brother of the half-blood of the first purchaser; the fourth conferred an indefeasible title on adverse possession for twenty years (a term shortened by Lord Cairns in 1875 to twelve years); the fifth reduced the number of witnesses required by law to attest wills, and removed the vexatious distinction which existed in this respect between freeholds and copyholds; the last freed an innocent debtor from imprisonment only before final judgment (or on what was termed mesne process), but the principle stated by Campbell that only fraudulent debtors should be imprisoned was ultimately given effect to for England and Wales in 1869.1 In one of his most cherished objects, however, that of Land Registration, which formed the theme of his maiden speech in parliament, Campbell was doomed to disappointment.

His misfortunes made him write both feelingly and forcibly on the bankruptcy laws; and although his creditors accepted a composition, he afterwards honourably paid them in full, a fact attested by independent and not very friendly witnesses.

But, whatever might be Shaftesbury's speculative opinions or his mode of expressing them, all witnesses bear testimony to the elevation and purity of his life and aims. As an earnest student, and ardent lover of liberty, an enthusiast in the cause of virtue, and a man of unblemished life and untiring beneficence,, Shaftesbury probably had no superior in his generation.

Hegesippus, after a journey to all the principal seats of Christian tradition, testifies that all are holding to the true doctrine as transmitted at the original seat, where it was witnessed first by the apostles and afterwards by the kindred of the Lord and " witnesses " of the first generation.

Sigismund himself gave it as his opinion that it had been clearly proved by many witnesses that the accused had taught many pernicious heresies, and that even should he recant he ought never to be allowed to preach or teach again or to return to Bohemia, but that should he refuse recantation there was no remedy but the stake.

But now the chief use for blister steel is for remelting in the crucible process, yielding a product which is asserted so positively, so universally and by such competent witnesses to be not only better but very much better than that made from any other material, that we must believe that it is so, though no clear reason can yet be given why it should be.

It was a period with him of great mental activity, and is represented by four of his books which stand as admirable witnesses to the Lowell of 1848, namely, the second series of Poems, containing among others "Columbus," "An Indian Summer Reverie," "To the Dandelion," "The Changeling"; A Fable for Critics, in which, after the manner of Leigh Hunt's The Feast of the Poets, he characterizes in witty verse and with good-natured satire American contemporary writers, and in which, the publication being anonymous, he included himself; The Vision of Sir Launfal, a romantic story suggested by the Arthurian legends - one of his most popular poems; and finally The Biglow Papers.

Human knowledge consists in the comprehension of this all-pervading harmony as embodied in the manifold of perception; the senses are "bad witnesses" in that they report multiplicity as fixed and existent in itself rather than in its relation to the One.

The relentless vindictiveness with which he insisted on the prosecution of Walpole, and supported the bill of indemnity to witnesses against the fallen minister, was in itself not magnanimous; but it appears positively un worthy when it is known that a short time before Pitt had offered, on certain conditions, to use all his influence in the other direction.

They remind us today of various cults or religious racketeers, of the Jehovah 's Witnesses.

The soldiers also killed at random in streets and houses, so that no witnesses would remain.

It is worth pointing out that Jehovah 's Witnesses do not normally accept PAD, although most will accept intraoperative cell salvage.

Their hands extended to their knees, and they wore what the witnesses suspect was a skintight suit that shimmered in the light.

Another story is that the Caliph got Khalid the Barmeki to suborn witnesses who swore that ' Isa had resigned his right.

In criminal cases, the Courts have the power to subpoena witnesses to attend Court in person to give evidence.

One, at least, of the witnesses should be required to certify to the capacity of the testator at the time of signing.

Despite the testimony of several witnesses, reggae star Buju Banton was acquitted of gay-bashing charges.

We explored what had transpired at this meeting with the witnesses.

Most witnesses, like the second Templar, added the vow of poverty to the other two.

The Act aims to improve conditions for vulnerable witnesses.

The issue of bias and self-interest does not weaken the credibility of these witnesses ' testimony, it strengthens it.

Vulnerable witnesses in particular must receive the help and support they need to feel confident and reassured about giving evidence.

I did, however, arrange the witnesses to our marriage.

Then the license was signed by me and Andie and our witnesses.

In other words, you need to choose the person with whom you feel most comfortable, the one who will best represent you in front of all of your witnesses.

Commonly, German couples marry in the state office with a handful of friends and relatives as witnesses.

The downside to having a ceremony in the chopper is that the number of witnesses is limited by weight and seating capacity in the helicopter.

According to witnesses, Hasselhoff was incoherent, mumbling and experiencing problems with his balance.

Her arrest came after witnesses called 911 when they saw her driving the wrong way on the 134 Freeway in Burbank, California.

Witnesses say Britney asked a hairdresser to shave her head and when she refused, Britney did it herself.

This latest incident occurred in Provo, Utah, after witnesses noticed Coleman arguing with a woman.

Witnesses report that the pair were flirting openly and appeared to be having a great time.

At first, Vick denied any involvement, but witnesses soon came forward and there was no way out for the star quarterback.

In the latest Joaquin news, apparently, he tried testing his skills as an MC at a Las Vegas nightclub and it seems that the reviews by witnesses weren't that favorable.

John Travolta is testifying, along with a reported 14 other witnesses, in the extortion case involving the death of his young son Jett.

After several witnesses testified in the case, a Nashville judge decided in Rich's favor, dropped the charges and dismissed the case altogether.

Witnesses for the prosecution claim that Douglas has been selling drugs since 2006.

The shame of animal cruelty extends to everyone who witnesses it, but stands silent.

For best results have your witnesses sign your will in each other's presence, and better yet, in front of a notary public.

Your witnesses should not be anyone who will directly benefit from your will, or married to anyone who does.

In the case that your will is contested in any way, your witnesses will be called on to testify about your frame of mind when the will was written.

According to witnesses, he hardly ate and took only brief breaks to use the bathroom and nap.

If you know the Chicken Little story or you have seen the preview for the movie, then you know Chicken Little witnesses a world-altering event and tries to warn everyone.

The veracity of child witnesses and their understanding of the concept of an oath are important research issues.

The doctor will begin by taking a history, either from the patient if he is able to talk or from the parents or other witnesses.

In cases of trauma, symptoms may be evident upon inspection and causes may be explained by third party witnesses.

Many will list parents' names, birth dates and place and the witnesses for the wedding.

Like the bondsman on the license, the witnesses may be relatives of the couple.

When you first find a record for an ancestor, be sure to write down all the particulars, such as date, witnesses, spellings of ancestor's names, and the county.

Estate records contain a variety of information, including everything from the personal and real property of the deceased, to the heirs, their ages, guardians, witnesses, concerned individuals and even neighbors.

The marriage certificate may give many important details, including age of the bride and groom, parents of both and witnesses.

A public proposal involves popping the question in front of others and taking the risk that the answer may be negative before all those witnesses.

She'll be inspired by the poverty she witnesses to start a charity drive or establish a charitable organization.

It can be easy for many people to feel skeptical or incredulous when others tell tales of seeing ghosts, but it is often much more difficult to discredit those stories when witnesses learn the real names of those ghosts.

At his trial (for sleeping on duty), several additional witnesses came forward to support his story and all charges were dropped.

In all cases, witnesses recognize the apparition as Anne Boleyn, the famous wife of King Henry VIII.

Visitors spot this ghost along the catwalk as well, and witnesses describe a ghost that stares at them but doesn't say a word.

If witnesses are reporting truthfully regarding seeing live ghosts of friends and family, the OBE phenomenon could be real.

Witnesses describe her as being very old with her hands and legs wrapped in chains and blood dripping from her wrists.

Witnesses have reported seeing a little girl on the third floor.

A few witnesses have reported hearing children singingRing Around the Rosy on the rooftop.

After meeting witnesses and staff personally, they found no reason for the staff or owners to hoax the video for extra publicity since the business did not desire extra publicity.

A number of witnesses, families who've had John perform a reading, interviewers and others will attest to the reality of John's abilities.

Numerous audience witnesses attest to the fact that John Edward is able to successfully perform medium readings, and did so in their presence when they attended one of his shows.

In scanning videos from witnesses, the following characteristics can provide a litmus test regarding whether or not the video is authentic or a hoax.

In this case Lama Zopa performed the following tests in front of witnesses.

While this theory has been repeated and revised by scientists and psychologists throughout the years, the fact remains that witnesses report very strange and inexplicable phenomenon surrounding the use of the Ouija board.

Still, other witnesses report objects moving, sounds coming from out of nowhere, hearing strange voices and many other strange events.

Witnesses claimed she'd attempted to catch a ride by jumping onto the car running board.

In the case of the Mothman, the local sheriff believed the first witnesses.

Subsequent witnesses who claimed to have seen the Mothman were also deemed credible.

We may use psychics/mediums as well as the witnesses themselves as sensors, and as possible communicators should there be an apparition likely.

Learn about how to interview witnesses, how and why the technology is actually used (and it's limitations), and especially how to help people with their experiences.

They have to be willing to work with the witnesses and to focus on their perceptions.

All too often, a psychic has to be "right," even if her perceptions is in direct contradiction to what the witnesses have perceived.

The upside is that the good ones have trained themselves to focus in a way you'll be hard pressed to get the witnesses to do.

Other films awaiting release of 2009 include Margaret, about a student named Lisa Cohen who witnesses a fatal bus crash in New York City.

Two to four witnesses with proper identification may be required.

The complication offers a rich experience for the reader, as Eileen reflects on her experiences as she witnesses Kim's talent grow and her communication improve.

As yet, there is no date scheduled to hear the case, though a list of expert witnesses must be submitted to the court by May 16, 2007, and all depositions are due into the court by July 13, 2007.

Tommy witnesses his father murder his mother's new boyfriend.

While in India, Simpson also takes some time out to support her Operation Smile charity and witnesses a young girl go through surgery to fix her cleft palette.

While all this is going on, Lana witnesses two Kryptonian aliens disembark from a spaceship found among the remnants of a meteor shower.

The ghost of a woman with red hair has been seen by several witnesses in the windows of the third floor.

He leaves nothing; no DNA, no fingerprints, no witnesses.

Brandon Westlake was portrayed as a delusional old man bent on killing any and all witnesses to his half-century-old deed.

The Code admits no claim unsubstantiated by documents or the oath of witnesses.

If the goods were stolen and the rightful owner reclaimed them, he had to prove his purchase by producing the seller and the deed of sale or witnesses to it.

These children could be legitimized by their father's acknowledgment before witnesses, and were often adopted.

The judge saw the plea, called the other parties before him and sent for the witnesses.

The judges might be satisfied of its existence and terms by the evidence of the witnesses to it, and then issue an order that whenever found it should be given up. Contracts annulled were ordered to be broken.

The decision given was embodied in writing, sealed and witnessed by the judges, the elders, witnesses and a scribe.

The procedure underwent great modification in 1686; but public penance was not taken away till 1855, and then confession to and absolution by the priest in the presence of witnesses was still required.

They are important witnesses to the text of the New Testament, to the history of the canon, and to the history of interpretation.

The senses are "bad witnesses" (KaKoi, uapTvpes); only the wise man can obtain knowledge.

All the proceedings were conducted in writing, and the judges were not confronted with either the parties or the witnesses until they emerged to deliver judgment.

The Commission had much difficulty at the beginning in securing the testimony of witnesses, who invoked the Constitution of the United States as a bar against selfincrimination, and the immunity clause of the act had to be amended before testimony could be obtained.

Later followed the appearance of lights; quasi-human voices; musical sounds, produced, it is said, without instruments; the "materialization" or presence in material form of what seemed to be human hands and faces, and ultimately of complete figures, alleged to be not those of any person present, and sometimes claimed by witnesses as deceased relatives; "psychography," or "direct writing and drawing," asserted to be done without human intervention; "spirit-photography," or the appearance on photographic plates of human and other forms when no counterpart was visible before the camera to any but specially endowed seers; 3 unfastening of cords and bonds; elongation of the medium's body; handling of red-hot coals; and the apparent passage of solids through solids without disintegration.

Yet, if there is not a mass of scientific evidence, there are a number of witnesses - among them distinguished men of science and others of undoubted intelligence --who have convinced themselves by observation that phenomena occur which cannot be explained by known causes; and this fact must carry weight, even without careful records, when the witnesses are otherwise known to be competent and trustworthy observers.

What may broadly be called "conjuring" is a much more probable explanation of most of the recorded phenomena; and in the vast majority of cases the witnesses do not seem to have duly appreciated the possibilities of conjuring, and have consequently neither taken sufficient precautions to exclude it nor allowed for the accidental circumstances which may on any particular occasion favour special tricks or illusions.

His manners, if formal, were refined; his conversation, when he felt himself at home, interesting and unaffected; and that he was capable alike of feeling and inspiring a very constant friendship there are many witnesses to show.

Generally speaking, it diminished as the years went by, and from "necessary assenters" its members became "merely attesting witnesses."

In modern problems we can watch the economic machine actually at work, cross-examine our witnesses, see that delicate interplay of passions and interests which cannot be set down or described in a document, and acquire a certain sense of touch in relation to the questions at issue which manuscripts and records cannot impart.

On the 29th of December 1790 Camille had married Lucile Duplessis, and among the witnesses of the ceremony are observed the names of Brissot, Petion and Robespierre.

Mounds of bones marked his road, witnesses of devastations which other historians record in detail; Christian prisoners, from Germany, he found in the heart of "Tartary" (at Talas); the ceremony of passing between two fires he was compelled to observe, as a bringer of gifts to a dead khan, gifts which were of course treated by the Mongols as evidence of submission.

He accompanied Charlemagne to Rome in Boo and was one of the witnesses to his will in 814.

But a verbal lease presents this disadvantage that, if it is unperformed and one of the parties denies its existence, it cannot be proved by witnesses.

But it is contended that the work was in existence at Naseby, 1 and testimony to Charles's authorship is brought forward from various witnesses who had seen Charles himself occupied with it at various times during his imprisonment.

It recognizes the will and attaches great importance to written deeds, but on the other hand sanctions the judicial duel and the cojuratores (sworn witnesses).

During the first three centuries the fortitude of these "witnesses" won the admiration of their brethren.

When a similar motion was brought forward in the Lords the consideration of it was postponed to the following year, in order to give time for the examination of witnesses by a committee of the House.

Except where the litigants and witnesses are German, the Serbo-Croatian language is used.

Howard's perjury is clear from other witnesses, but the evidence was accepted.

On the 27th of December 1792 Fitzgerald and Pamela were married at Tournay, one of the witnesses being Louis Philippe, afterwards king of the French; and in January 1793 the couple reached Dublin.

Regulations are issued about the sale of cattle in the presence of witnesses.

Fortunately, in the case of a large number of names occurring on business documents as the interested parties or as scribes or as witnesses - and it is through these documents that we obtain the majority of the Babylonian-Assyrian proper names - we have variant readings, the same name being written phonetically in whole or part in one instance and ideographically in another.

In the Ripuarian Law a certain importance attaches to written deeds; the clergy are protected by a higher wer gild- 600 solidi for a priest, and 900 for a bishop; on the other hand, more space is given to the cojuratores (sworn witnesses); and we note the appearance of the judicial duel, which is not mentioned in the Salic Law.

In 1358 the parte Guelfa made these enactments still more stringent, punishing with death or heavy fines all who being Ghibellines held office, and provided that if trustworthy witnesses were forthcoming condemnations might be passed for this offence without hearing the accused; even a non-proved charge or an ammonizione (warning not to accept office) might entail disfranchisement.

The excesses of the Revolutionary Tribunal increased with the growth of Robespierre's ascendancy in the Committee of Public Safety; and on the 10th of June 1794 was promulgated, at his instigation, the infamous Law of 22 Prairial, which forbade prisoners to employ counsel for their defence, suppressed the hearing of witnesses and made death the sole penalty.

His first wife, who died at Oxford on the 15th of February 1553, was disinterred in 1551 and tried for heresy; legal evidence was not forthcoming because witnesses had not understood her tongue; and instead of the corpse being burnt, it was merely cast on a dunghill in the stable of the dean of Christ Church.

Many of the so-called genera, or groups of genera, are consequently not to be used either as witnesses of blood-relationship or of geographical distribution.

But, though his account of the siege is full of personal touches, and contains one reference to the number of witnesses whose testimony he took for a certain wonderful fact, he does not tell us anything of his own prowess.

These two grandsons of Judas thereafter " lived until the time of Trajan," ruling the churches " because they had (thus) been witnesses (martyrs) and were also relatives of the Lord."

For the period before the adoption of a written standard the resort was not so much to " apostles " as to " disciples " and " witnesses."

He was one of the commissioners for the trial, and a member of the committee which examined the witnesses.

The prophecy of the two witnesses and their martyrdom belongs to this tradition.

On the 4th of December the pope appointed a commission of three bishops to investigate the case against the heretic, and to procure witnesses; to the demand of Huss that he might be permitted to employ an agent in his defence a favourable answer was at first given, but afterwards even this concession to the forms of justice was denied.

Thus regarded, it becomes reasonable to suppose that North and South America have in a broad way been developed under a succession of somewhat similar strains in the earth's crust, and that they are, in so far, favourable witnesses to the theory that there is something individual in the plan of continental growth.

A study of these in the American museums are the witnesses and types of these.

Against this secularized church a body of witnesses silently protested; they were always persecuted but always survived, till in the 13th century a desperate attempt was made by Innocent III.

The state commission of prisons consists of seven members appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate for a term of four years, and the institutions under its supervision in 1910 were the Sing Sing State Prison,' at Ossining, the Auburn State Prison at Auburn, the Clinton State Prison at Dannemora, the New York State Reformatory at Elmira, the Eastern New York Reformatory at Napanoch, five county penitentiaries, and all other institutions for the detention of sane adults charged with or convicted of crime, or retained as witnesses or debtors.

The correspondence of which this letter forms a part is one of the few published witnesses to the queen's careful and active interest in home politics during the latter half of her reign; but it is enough to prove how wise, how moderate and how steeped in the spirit of the Constitution she was.

He did not scruple, for instance, to strike out of the lists of witnesses to medieval charters, before publishing them, the names of families which he disliked.

One of the chief witnesses against him was Egnatius Celer of Berytus, his client and former tutor.

This led him to make advances to Cicero, since it was necessary to obtain witnesses in his favour from his old province.

Though found in so great a number of witnesses, this type of text is shown not to be the earliest or best by the evidence of all the oldest MS. versions and Fathers, as well as by internal evidence.

It is impossible, in face of the fact that the evidence of the oldest witnesses of all sorts is constantly opposed to the longer readings, to doubt that WH were right in arguing that these phenomena prove that the later text was made up by a process of revision and conflation of the earlier forms. Influenced by the use of the later text by Chrysostom, WH called it the Syrian or Antiochene text, and refer to the revision which produced it as the Syrian revision.

The distinction between the laws and dispositions of matter, as between the ethics and objects of theology, he was the first to indicate and enforce, and he laid great emphasis on the superior authority as witnesses for the truth of Revelation of the Scriptural as compared with the Extra-Scriptural writers, and of the Christian as compared with the non-Christian testimonies.

The hearing extended from 17th to 10th July; counsel were heard on both sides, evidence was given in support of the appeals by two of the clergy concerned and by several other witnesses, lay and clerical, and the whole matter was gone into with no little fulness.

Persons found guilty of bringing false charges, of blackmail, or of suborning false witnesses, were liable to criminal prosecution by the state and a fine on conviction.

Born In 1784, And Brought Up Among Reminiscent Eye Witnesses Of The Old Regime, He Was An Eager Listener, With A Wonderful4 Memory And Whole Hearted Pride In The Glories Of His Race And Family, A Kindly Seigneur, Who Loved And 'Was Loved By All His Censitaires, A Keen Observer Of Many Changing Systems, Down, To The Final Confederation Of 1867, And A Man Who Had Felt' Both Extremes Of Fortune (Memoires, 1866).

Under the rules adopted, the examination of witnesses is conducted by the president in accordance with the system prevailing in most continental countries; members of the commission may only put questions to witnesses for the eliciting of further information; and they may not interrupt the witness when he is in course of making his statement, but they may ask the president to put any additional questions.

This seems likely to become the procedure also in cases before the Hague Court, where witnesses are examined.

It is his duty to watch the proceedings in the public interest, to issue summonses to witnesses whose evidence is desired by the court, and to prosecute before the election court or elsewhere those persons whom he thinks to have been guilty of corrupt or illegal practices at the election in question.

Witnesses are not excused from answering criminating questions; but their evidence cannot be used against them in any proceedings except criminal proceedings for perjury in respect of that evidence.

It witnesses to the Divine Life of Christ as a power of the present and of the future as of the past, ministered in the Word and sacraments.

It is, of course, the verbal bargain that binds, and large transactions are commonly completed without witnesses, though before the contract or memorandum of sale passes the fluctuations of the market may have made the bargain, to one side or the other, a very bad one.

But, as no particle of evidence on his side was advanced, the protest of his representative was rejected, and Bothwell, acquitted in default of witnesses against him, was free to challenge any persistent accuser to the ancient ordeal of battle.

Later witnesses speak of his fidelity to the homoousian during the Arian controversies.

Without positively asserting much more than he can prove, he gives prominence to all the circumstances which support his case; he glides lightly over those which are unfavourable to it; his own witnesses are applauded and encouraged; the statements which seem to throw discredit on them are controverted; the contradictions into which they fall are explained away; a clear and connected abstract of their evidence is given.

He was an excellent cross-examiner, whose candid friendliness of manner often succeeded in eliciting important testimony from unwilling witnesses.

The court-martial is, in every case, composed of the commander of the district as president, and four officers, assisted by a judge-advocate (Kriegsgerwhtsrat), who conducts the case and swears the judges and witnesses.

The speech has usually four parts-introduction (Or pool, µcov), narrative of facts (bo yrlacs), proofs (irivrecs), which may be either external, as from witnesses, or internal, derived from argument on the facts, and, lastly, conclusion (briXoyos).

A dowry is always given, and a simple marriage ceremony performed by afiki (a schoolmaster, or one who recites the Koran, properly one learned in fiqh, Mahommedan law) in the presence of two witnesses.

Royal authority, sheriffs, juries and witnesses gradually superseded ordeal, compurgation, and trial by battle, though even barons long retained the right of " pit and gallows."

Now Hagenbach is known to have committed many cruelties like those attributed to the bailiffs in the legend, and it has been plausibly conjectured that his case has really given rise to these stories, especially when we find that the Confederates had a hand in his capture and execution, that in a document of 1358 Hagenbachs and Gesslers appear side by side as witnesses, and that the Hagenbachs had frequent transactions with the Habsburgs and their vassals.

The execution, or rather murder, of Generals Lecomte and Clement Thomas by the communists on 18th March, which he vainly tried to prevent, brought him into collision with the central committee sitting at the hotel de Tulle, and they ordered his arrest, but he escaped; he was accused, however, by various witnesses, at the subsequent trial of the murderers (November 29th), of not having intervened when he might have done, and though he was cleared of this charge it led to a duel, for his share in which he was prosecuted and sentenced to a fine and a fortnight's imprisonment.

A series of exquisite books, which gain in value every year, witnesses to the thorough and whole-hearted fashion in which he invariably threw himself into the exigencies of his life-work.

After this we hear nothing more until shortly before 765, when a grant of land is made by a king named Aldwulf with two other kings, Aelfwald and Oslac, as witnesses.

A Board of Arbitration (1895) has authority to make and publish investigations of all facts relating to strikes and lock-outs, to issue subpoenas for the attendance and testifying of witnesses, and "to adjust strikes or lock-outs by mediation or conciliation, without a formal submission to arbitration."

He fought with unremitting energy for his client during both the first and second revisions of the trial, in 1898 and 1899, a task attended with considerable danger, as political passions were so strongly excited at the time that Labori was shot at and wounded at Rennes on the eve of his cross-examination of the witnesses for the prosecution.

This position was-in the main due to a dexterity in conducting causes, and especially in examining witnesses, in which he had no rival at the Irish bar.

In Greek philosophy phenomena are the changing objects of the senses as opposed to essences (ra avra) which are one and permanent, and are therefore regarded as being more real, the objects of reason rather than of senses which are "bad witnesses."

Quintilian quotes some of his witty sayings (dicta), collections of which were published, and mentions two books by him On Witnesses.

The worst feature is the indiscriminate association sometimes seen of all inmates, bond and free, the convicted and accused; even witnesses against whom there is no shadow of a charge are sometimes imprisoned among felons.

The latter having vainly tried to compel `Isa to renounce his right of succession, in favour of Mansur's son Mahommed al-Mandi, produced false witnesses who swore that he had done so.

A person entitled to seize property had to do it himself, accompanied, if the amount was large, by a law agent and witnesses.

Anatole, with uniform unbuttoned, walked to and fro from the room where the witnesses were sitting, through the study to the room behind, where his French valet and others were packing the last of his things.

The depositions of witnesses were returned to Rome in 1632, but meantime the forms of the Roman chancery had been changed by Urban VIII., and the advocates could not at once continue their work.

Of the seven Verrine orations only two were actually delivered; the remaining five were compiled from the depositions of witnesses, and published after the flight of Verres.

Guarantees might be entered into to produce the witnesses on a fixed day.