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zealous witness

A zealous witness is someone whose testimony is clearly biased in favor of the party which called them to testify. A zealous witness may show partiality for one side when they express unexpected enthusiasm to provide testimony that they...

zero tape

Zero tape (also called a zero report) refers to a file produced by electronic voter machines which show that the machine has no votes tallied at the beginning of an election. Many states require poll workers to retrieve a zero tape before...

zone of interests

The zone of interests is a legal concept used to determine whether a particular plaintiff has standing to bring a lawsuit. It refers to the range of interests or concerns that a law or regulation, whether a constitutional provision or...

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