swearing contest

noun

Definitions

  1. A trial whose outcome comes down to which of two parties swearing to the truth of…

    A trial whose outcome comes down to which of two parties swearing to the truth of opposing accounts is to be believed.

    • Dershowitz pithily illustrates the dilemma of the courts in deciding the swearing contest in his “rules” of the criminal justice system: […]
    • Such one-on-one “swearing contests” are routinely decided in favor of law enforcement officers, but in this case the district court sided with the accused bank robber.

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