"function" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The sanctity of the oath taken by a witness is the most essential bulwark of the truth-seeking function of a trial, which is the American method of ascertaining the facts.
- "It's a long-overdue reform that hopefully will help the truth-seeking function in police investigations," said a senior federal prosecutor who has handled a number of police corruption cases and would speak only on condition of anonymity.
- Of the guilty pleas, he said: "Perjury is a very serious crime that jeopardizes the truth-seeking function of the grand jury.
- Rather than work with the judicial and legislative branches to uphold the rule of law, he directly attacked their fundamental truth-seeking function.
- We must neither reward nor condone such a 'flagrant affront' to the truth-seeking function of adversary proceedings. . . . Perjury should be severely sanctioned in appropriate cases.
- But the court said in its 3-to-2 decision, "We believe that the truth-seeking function is best served by keeping the door open to scientific advances."
- This suggestion has no basis in law, and it is destructive to the truth-seeking function of the courts.
- "When a defendant becomes a witness, he has no constitutional right to consult with his lawyer while he is testifying," he said, describing the rule as among those "that serve the truth-seeking function of the trial."
- "That is my position," Mr. Dreeben said, adding, "There is a terrible cost to the truth-seeking function of a criminal trial to suppress reliable physical evidence" simply because the statement leading to its discovery was "unwarned."
- In dissent, Justice Anthony Kennedy objected to what he called the impairment of "the truth-seeking function of a criminal trial."
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