Timeline for What remedies can a witness use to satisfy the "all the truth" portion of their oath?
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| Apr 11, 2023 at 22:00 | comment | added | supercat | I think a more relevant situation if asked about whether you were certain you'd seen Mr. Smith on the night of June 30 might be if e.g. you looked at a billboard clock just after you saw him and it read 11:59pm, but you have no idea whether the clock was precisely correct. If the timing of the observation and the identity of the person you saw would both be relevant issues, you could not truthfully say you were certain you saw Mr. Smith on the 30th, but counsel might twist that to imply that you weren't certain you saw Mr Smith. | |
| Apr 11, 2023 at 19:01 | history | answered | user6726 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |