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Leading the witness

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Asking the question in such a way as to give ideas or to put words in the mouth of a witness

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Calling for conclusion

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Getting the witness to give an opinion or to make a judgement rather than merely stating the facts

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Badgering The witness

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Making an unfair attempt to browbeat, coerce, or abuse a witness during the questioning process

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Irrelevance

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Attempting to get a witness to offer testimony or information that does not pertain to the trial

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Hearsay

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Attempting to get a witness to offer testimony on second-hand information, rumor, or gossip

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Witness opinion

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Attempting to get a witness to offer his/her opinion on certain facts when they are not an expert witness

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Narration

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When a witness goes beyond giving an answer to the question.

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Affidavit

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a written statement sworn to before a person officially permitted by law to administer an oath

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Autopsy

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The medical examination of a dead body to find out the cause of death. This death is called “automatic evidence”

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Booking

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The process of fingerprinting

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