Definition of "expert witness" []

• A witness that has expertise in a certain field. (noun)

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• "Psychiatric malpractice suits represent only a small percentage of malpractice cases, according to John J. Lucas, M.D., clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Weill Medical College at Cornell University, and expert witness in malpractice cases."
• "And Bob Shoop, a Kansas State University education professor and expert witness in thirty court cases involving sexual abuse in schools, summed it up this way: I think our society sort of says to the boy: ‘Congratulations, that’s great."
• "Psychiatrist Harrison Pope of McLean Hospital in Massachusetts sometimes serves as an expert witness in court."