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self-serving adj. referring to a question asked of a party to a lawsuit or a statement by that person that serves no purpose and provides no evidence, but only argues or reinforces the legal position of that party. Example: Question asked by a lawyer of his own client: "Are you the sort of person who would never do anything dishonest?" Such a question may be objected to as "self-serving" by the opposing lawyer, and then will be disallowed by the judge, unless there is some evidentiary value. Some people add self-serving comments to their testimony, such as "I never tell lies," which can be stricken from the record as a self-serving declaration. (See: objection) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A June 29 Times report pointed out, self-servingly but convincingly, that the administration and the Treasury Department had themselves trumpeted their efforts to follow the A1 Qaeda money trail and their successes in that quest. For Kelley, Cousin did more than anyone else--though sometimes self-servingly, sometimes naively--to put eclecticism on a firm and respectable footing. Among his haters, he's an overrated director, who self-servingly invokes the "race card" and flaunts his Knicks season tickets. |
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