adverse interest rule
adverse interest rule 相反利益规则 指如果诉讼一方当事人未能提供应由他提供而且本应已经提供的证人，法官可以指示陪审团推断该证人的证言是不利于该方当事人的。
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ADVERSE-INTEREST RULE
adverse interest rule
adverse-interest rule. The principle that if a party fails to produce a witness who is within its power to produce and who should have been produced, the judge may instruct the jury to infer that the witness’s evidence is unfavorable to the party’s case. — Also termed empty-chair doctrine; adverse-inference rule. [Cases: Criminal Law 788;
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