Noun: testimony 'te-stu,mow-nee [N. Amer], te-sti-mu-nee [Brit]
- (law) a solemn statement made under oath
"The witness's testimony contradicted the defendant's alibi"
- An assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact
"according to his own testimony he can't do it"
- Something that serves as evidence
"his effort was testimony to his devotion";
- testimonial
Derived forms: testimonies
Type of: assertion, asseveration, averment, evidence
Encyclopedia: Testimony, philosophical problems of