swearing match

swearing match. A dispute in which determining a vital fact involves the credibility choice between one witness’s word and another’s — the two being irreconcilably in conflict and there being no other evidence. • In such a dispute, the fact-finder is generally thought to believe the more reputable witness, such as a police officer over a convicted drug-dealer. — Also termed swearing contest; oath against an oath.

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