Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 37-109

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.

Before the senate shall proceed to try the impeachment, the president of the senate, and every senator present, shall take the following oath or affirmation: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will faithfully and impartially try the impeachment against A.B., and do justice according to the law and the evidence.”