Procedure for Testimony in non-Capital Cases
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Rules of Testimony in Court
Rules of General Credibility
Disqualifying a witness
Disqualifying testimony
Testimony in cases involving adultery
Procedure
Testimony through an interpreter: Makkot 6b, 6b-7a; Menachot 65a
Testimony requires two witnesses: Gittin 2b; Makkot 6b
What makes witnesses into a "Set": Makkot 6a, 6b
"Edut Meyuchedet," witnesses who saw an event from separate locations: Makkot 6b
The status of multiple witnesses who testify within
Toch Kedei Dibbur
of each other: Makkot 6a
Determining whether people had intended to function as witnesses when they saw the event: Makkot 6a
Testimony that a man had been convicted before another court: Makkot 7a
Requiring witnesses to stand while testifying: Zevachim 16a, 16b
Honoring
a witness who is a talmid chacham by
permitting him to sit while testifying: Zevachim 16a, 16b
Contradiction between witnesses
Must occur in the presence of the original witnesses: Ketuvot 19b-20a
Contradiction is considered to be the start of
Hazamah - Contradiction showing that the witnesses Couldn't have been present
: Ketuvot 19b-20a
Cross-examination by the Judges
Whether general cross-examination [Chakirah] is required: Sanhedrin 2b-3a
Whether more fine cross-examination [Derishah] is used: Sanhedrin 2b-3a
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