falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus

falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus
False in one thing, false in everything. The maxim expresses the general principle of law that where a witness has testified falsely to some material matter in a cause, the jury are at liberty to disregard his testimony in other respects, unless it is corroborated by other proof. 58 Am J1st Witn § 872.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus — /folsas in yiiwnow, folsas in omnabas/ False in one thing, false in everything. Dawson v. Bertolini, 70 R.I. 325, 38 A.2d 765, 768. The doctrine means that if testimony of a witness on a material issue is willfully false and given with an… …   Black's law dictionary

  • falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus — /folsas in yiiwnow, folsas in omnabas/ False in one thing, false in everything. Dawson v. Bertolini, 70 R.I. 325, 38 A.2d 765, 768. The doctrine means that if testimony of a witness on a material issue is willfully false and given with an… …   Black's law dictionary

  • False dilemma — A false dilemma (also called false dichotomy, the either or fallacy, fallacy of false choice, black and white thinking, or the fallacy of exhaustive hypotheses) is a type of logical fallacy that involves a situation in which only two alternatives …   Wikipedia

  • Brocard — Broc ard, n. [Perh. fr. Brocardica, Brocardicorum opus, a collection of ecclesiastical canons by Burkhard, Bishop of Worms, called, by the Italians and French, Brocard.] An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Fluctuat nec mergitur — Lateinische Phrasen   A B C D E F G H I L M N O P …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Leute — 1. A de richa Lüta werd ma nüd rüdig1. – Sutermeister, 143; Tobler, 371. In Appenzell: Von den reichen Leuten bekommt man nicht leere Hände. (Tobler.) 2. Albern Leut dienen nicht in die Welt. – Petri, II, 4. 3. Alberne Lüe sind ock Lüe. (Hannover …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

  • MOPSUS — I. MOPSUS Deus Cilicum, cui divinos honores exhibebant, ut est apud Origenem l. 3. contr. Celsum; et ante eum ita Tertullian. de Anima, c. 46. Nam et oraculis hoc genus stipatus est orbis, ut Amphiarai apud Oropum. Mopsi in Cilicia, etc. Sed quis …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”