Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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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. 0 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.