In law, a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, either oral or written, of what they know or claim to know.
Heinrich Buscher [de] as a witness during the Nuremberg Trials
The court of assizes is the trial court which tries the most serious crimes in the judicial system of Belgium. It is the highest Belgian court with criminal jurisdiction; as such, it is the only Belgi
The Brussels court of assizes has its seat in the city's Palace of Justice.