It was later estimated by a prosecutor on the case that of the 150 sworn witnesses before the panel, only 50 told the truth.

One after another, sworn witnesses describe the contours of his worldly path.

I have taken sworn witness that it held a great sum in silver pence and small, fine works of jewellery.

The correct place for that argument to be made was on the witness stand, by competent and duly sworn witnesses.

You weren't a sworn witness when you talked to Devore, were you?

A sworn witness had committed a dreadful act of perjury, but it was possible that a juror could have a reasonable doubt.

Though not as a sworn witness.

He was not a sworn witness and I was not paying that close attention to what he was saying.

"It is significant that many of the sworn witnesses clearly do not appear to have any motive to fabricate evidence against Dr. Franklin."

On the same day Watanabe was interviewed as a sworn witness at the Tokyo Detention Centre by seven budget committee members.

He gave Mr. Lubrano 20 days to appear as a sworn witness, saying that if he did so the contempt order would be purged.

Pidgeon knew that Scroggins was acting in his office of coroner, and that the others had been acting as sworn witnesses.

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).

He accentuated the importance of evidence and, in particular, the depositions of sworn witnesses (and he introduced the same stringency in canonization cases).

Typically, the hearing consists simply of each side presenting its story, the allowance of hearsay negating the necessity of formalities such as sworn witnesses and the like.

Innocent had insisted that the application should be accompanied by the depositions of sworn witnesses and that some of the witnesses should appear in person at the curia.

"The sheer number of additional, similar complaints submitted by sworn witnesses leads the department to suspect mendacity on the part of the respondent," the letter said of Dr. Franklin.

For the time being, though, the wealth of material provided by the commission cannot be treated as evidence because the Cassese inquiry was a fact-finding mission that did not collect sworn witness statements.

I'm allowed to lie in the pursuit of truth, and an unsworn witness may also lie, while a sworn witness better not, and a suspect can exercise his or her right against self-incrimination anytime.

The House of Councillors panel decided to summon former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya as a sworn witness on November 15, 2007 in connection with a series of collusion scandals.

Ms. Aparo's lawyer, Hubert J. Santos, began his cross-examination with questions about Mr. Coleman's past use of LSD, cocaine and marijuana and whether his professed agnosticism had made the sworn witness's oath to God meaningless.

The coroner himself, Mr Milne, arrived at 10.00 am and was in a hurry to proceed as he had another inquest scheduled that afternoon, but proceedings were unable to begin as Lord Wilton, the only sworn witness scheduled to attend the inquest, could not be found.

Peter Fleming Jr. and King's other lawyers were barred by United States District Judge Lawrence McKenna from identifying themselves as the same King team at the settlement talks, lest they be recast as unsworn witnesses, and possibly dispute testimony by a sworn witness.

The aide, Kirk Fordham, was the first sworn witness to appear before the bipartisan ethics panel, which is investigating whether any Republican leaders knew about Mr. Foley's conduct, which was ultimately exposed in a series of sexually explicit exchanges with former pages, and whether anything was done about it.

The upper house's committee on foreign affairs and defense has also made its call on a former executive of Yamada Corp who is also at the center of the scandal, as a sworn witness as well as Yamada Corp President Yoshihiko Yonezu as a witness.