CHAPTER 3

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3.7 Weight or Probative Value

3.7.2 The Weight To Be Given to Testimony

In proceedings before administrative tribunals, testimony is a sworn or unsworn statement by which a person relates facts of which he or she has or does not have personal knowledge, or the person's opinion. We speak here of ordinary witnesses. Expert witnesses, on the other hand, do relate the facts they have observed, but more important, they state an opinion based on their personal observations or the evidence submitted to the tribunal, and their knowledge and experience.The probative force of testimony is left to the appraisal of the court or tribunal. Of course, this also applies to the Board of Referees.^{529 Citation 529}

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