LAY WITNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any witness who does not testify as an expert witness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lay witness" is a kind of...):

witness ((law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law)

Antonym:

expert witness (a witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about)