avowal
- A confirmed declaration, usually used to record testimony a judge decides is non-admissible in a trial, preserving it for potential review by an appellate court
- During the trial, the lawyer pushed for an avowal to ensure the testimony was kept on record.
- The judge ruled out the evidence, but it was preserved in an avowal.
- Despite the jury being unaware of it, the avowal kept all disallowed testimony on record.
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