Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

two-witness rule

1. The rule that, to support a perjury conviction, two independent witnesses (or one witness along with corroborating evidence) must establish that the alleged perjurer gave false testimony. 2. The rule, as stated in the U.S. Constitution, that no person may be convicted of treason without two witnesses to the same overt act - or unless the accused confesses in open court. U.S. Const. art. IV, § 2, cl. 2.