Wiktionary
adverse witness
n. (context legal English) A witness called on behalf of an adverse party.
WordNet
adverse witness
n. a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party; "a hostile witness can be asked leading questions and cross-examined" [syn: hostile witness]
Usage examples of "adverse witness".
Right before we put on our final expert, who'll testify about what constitutes reasonable care in a forceps delivery, I call the doc, the defendant, as an adverse witness, just to establish a couple things about the procedure.