2006-11-08 08:38:41 · 5 answers · asked by alex 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
A lay person in legal situations is a person who is not recognized as an expert by the court they are testifying in. Doctors are usually stipulated as experts but the "regular" people who testify, i.e. a person who saw the accident occur or the person who saw the bad guy do the bad thing, they are considered "lay" witnesses as opposed to "expert" witnesses because they have no special qualifications.
2006-11-08 08:48:27 · answer #1 · answered by hbennett76 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A Lay Person is someone with a little training in a given area that is not considered to be either a professional or a paraprofessional.
2006-11-08 16:48:49 · answer #2 · answered by Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lay person is someone who is not a legal professional.
2006-11-08 17:03:34 · answer #3 · answered by Emery 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently it's a person that isn't an actual member in the law profession.
I always assumed it would be someone that simplified things (because of "layman's terms").
2006-11-08 16:45:32 · answer #4 · answered by Belie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
someone who is not an attorney
2006-11-08 16:46:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋