"turn king's evidence" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: turns king's evidence [present, singular, third-person], turning king's evidence [participle, present], turned king's evidence [participle, past], turned king's evidence [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=turn king's evidence}} turn king's evidence (third-person singular simple present turns king's evidence, present participle turning king's evidence, simple past and past participle turned king's evidence)
  1. (British, law) Alternative form of turn queen's evidence (used when the monarch is male) Tags: British, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: turn queen's evidence (extra: used when the monarch is male) Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-turn_king's_evidence-en-verb-njoxNwzO Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

Inflected forms

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