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Source: archive.org: Fausset's Bible DictionaryWitnesses refers to:—Two at least were required to establish any charge (Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15; Hebrews 10:28). So in the Christian church (1 Timothy 5:19). Written evidence in the case of divorce, not as among the Bedouins and Mussulmen a mere spoken sentence (Deuteronomy 24:1; Deuteronomy 24:3). Also in civil contracts (Isaiah 8:16; Jeremiah 32:10-16). The witnesses were the first to execute sentence (Deuteronomy 13:9; Acts 7:58). False witness was punished with the same penalty as the offence witnessed to. Withholding witness was penal (Leviticus 5:1). The term martyr, "witness," came to mean in Christian times one who attests the truth by suffering (Acts 22:20; Revelation 2:13; compare Revelation 1:9; Revelation 6:9; Revelation 11:3; Revelation 20:4; Hebrew 11; Hebrews 12:1).
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Full-text (+137): Kulasannidhi, Kriyadveshin, Sasakshika, Vijana, Kulasamnidhi, Kriyapada, Sakshyabhava, Kriyavasanna, Sakshidvaidha, Karmasakshin, Kriya, Sakshin, Pratyakshin, Sakshiprashna, Gujaratahaya, Antahsakshi, Sasaksha, Upadrashtrimat, Manushyasakshya, Vijane.
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Search found 201 books and stories containing Witnesses; (plurals include: Witnesseses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Yajnavalkya-smriti (Vyavaharadhyaya)—Critical study (by Kalita Nabanita)
Chapter 5.3 - The Laws of Evidence (pramāṇa) and Witnesses (sākṣin) < [Chapter 5 - Modern Indian Laws reflected from the Vyavahārādhyāya]
Chapter 5.4 - Laws Relating to Written Document (likhita) < [Chapter 5 - Modern Indian Laws reflected from the Vyavahārādhyāya]
Chapter 3.2 - Caste System (Introduction) < [Chapter 3 - The Social Aspect Depicted in the Vyavahārādhyāya]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 8.73 < [Section XII (A) - Evidence]
Verse 8.61 < [Section XII (A) - Evidence]
Verse 8.70 < [Section XII (A) - Evidence]
Archives of Social Sciences of Religions
Jehovah's Witnesses in Belgium: A Study of Nine Congregations < [Volume 50-1 (1980)]
George Chryssides, Jehovah’s witnesses. Continuity and change < [Volume 176 (2016)]
Zoé Knox, Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Secular World. From the 1870s to the Present < [Volume 184 (2018)]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 11 - Recovery of Debts < [Book 3 - Concerning Law]
Chapter 1 - Determination of Forms of Agreement and Legal Disputes < [Book 3 - Concerning Law]
Chapter 4 - Suppression of the Wicked Living by Foul Means < [Book 4 - Removal of Thorns]
Hayanaratna: The Jewel of Annual Astrology (by Martin Gansten)
7. Textual Sources and General Editorial Principles < [Introduction]
10. Principles of Transliteration and Presentation < [Introduction]
8. Text Witnesses of the Hāyanaratna (collated) < [Introduction]
Vyavaharamala: a text on Indian jurisprudence (by P. V. Rajee)
14. Evidence collection (Kriyapada) < [Chapter 5 - Vyavaharamala—General features based on text]
16. Persons fit and unfit for Witness < [Chapter 5 - Vyavaharamala—General features based on text]
15. Witness (Saksi-nirupana) < [Chapter 5 - Vyavaharamala—General features based on text]