法律英语词汇“Veracity”的翻译、意思、用法、释义-法律词典

单词	Veracity
释义	真實性 The truthfulness of a witness who is under oath. At common law it is possible to call a witness to swear that an opponent’s witness cannot be believed upon oath; the evidence of the witness can only go to the reputation of the opponent’s witness but not specific incidents: Toohey v Metropolitan Police Cmr [1965] AC 595, 1 All ER 506 (HL). Cross-examination is a powerful and valuable weapon for testing the veracity and accuracy of a witness: Mechanical and General Inventions Co and Lehwess v Austin and Austin Motor Co [1935] AC 346 (HL). It is a contempt to publish comment which attacks the veracity of a particular witness: Re Labouchere, ex p Columbus Co Ltd (1901) 17 TLR 578. Medical evidence is admissible to show that a witness suffers from some disease or defect or abnormality of mind which affects the reliability of his evidence: Lowery v R [1974] AC 85, [1973] 3 All ER 662 (PC). Only in very exceptional circumstances will psychiatric evidence be permitted in chief to support the accused’s veracity: R v Turner [1975] QB 834, 1 All ER 70 (CA). See also Evidence; Reputation. 經宣誓證人的真確性。在普通法上，可傳召某證人作出宣誓，宣稱不可相信對方經宣誓的證人；該證人的證據僅可用作針對對方證人的名譽，而非特定的事件：Toohey v Metropolitan Police Cmr [1965] AC 595, 1 All ER 506（上議院）。盤問是驗證證人真實性及準確性的有力且有用的手段：Mechanical and General Inventions Co and Lehwess v Austin and Austin Motor Co [1935] AC 346（上議院）。如發表攻擊某個別證人真實性的評論，則屬藐視行為：Re Labouchere, ex p Columbus Co Ltd (1901) 17 TLR 578。醫學證據可獲接納以證明某證人蒙受若干疾病、缺陷或神志失常，因而影響其證據的可靠性：Lowery v R [1974] AC 85, [1973] 3 All ER 662 （樞密院）。僅在非常特殊的情況下，才會准予以精神科有關的證據作為主問證據，以支持被告人的真實性：R v Turner [1975] QB 834, 1 All ER 70 （芵國上訴法院）。另見 Evidence; Reputation。n.
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