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In criminal law. the act of setting a witness face to face with the prisoner, in order that the latter may make any objection he has to the witness, or that the witness may identify the accused. State v. Behrman. 114 N. C. 797, 19 S. E. 220, 25 L. R. A. 449; Ilowser v. Com., 51 Pa. 332; State v. Mannion, 19 Utah, 505, 57 Pac. 542. 45 L. R. A. G3S, 75 Am. St. Rep. 753; People v. Elliott, 172 N. Y. 146, 04 N. E. 837, 60 L. R. A. 318.

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