A witness statement is a
signed document recording the
evidence of a
witness. A definition used in
England and Wales
England and Wales () is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. It covers the constituent countries England and Wales and was formed by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. The substantive law of the jurisdiction is ...
is "a written statement signed by a person which contains the evidence which that person would be allowed to give orally".
The United States
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure defines a witness statement as: "(1) a written statement that the witness makes and signs, or otherwise adopts or approves; (2) a substantially verbatim, contemporaneously recorded recital of the witness's oral statement that is contained in any recording or any transcription of a recording; or (3) the witness's statement to a grand jury, however taken or recorded, or a transcription of such a statement."
References
External links
Summary of witness statements under English law
Statements (law)
Legal procedure
Evidence law
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