self-serving
- A statement made by a party in a lawsuit, with no evidentiary value, designed purely to reinforce their own legal position
- His claim that he could never lie was seen as self-serving by the judge.
- When the defendant was asked if he was capable of committing the crime, his denial was branded as self-serving.
- The jury disregarded the plaintiff's self-serving assertion that he was always honest.
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