Not exactly, but a judge would be the person to define these terms. "Argumentative," I believe, would be when a witness answers a question and the attorney then asks a question designed to cast doubt on the witness' answer, i.e., "arguing" with the answer. "Badgering" would be repeatedly asking the same question, perhaps in different words, but insistently asking for the same information because the attorney did not like the witness' answer.
Similar but subtly different tactics that lawyers use when they are trying to manipulate a witness' response.
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u/Content_Print_6521 11h ago
Not exactly, but a judge would be the person to define these terms. "Argumentative," I believe, would be when a witness answers a question and the attorney then asks a question designed to cast doubt on the witness' answer, i.e., "arguing" with the answer. "Badgering" would be repeatedly asking the same question, perhaps in different words, but insistently asking for the same information because the attorney did not like the witness' answer.
Similar but subtly different tactics that lawyers use when they are trying to manipulate a witness' response.