Handwriting, Comparison Of
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Handwriting, comparison of, allowed by s. 8 of the (English) Criminal Procedure Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 18), which applies to all Courts of Judica-ture, as well criminal as others, and to all persons having by law or consent of parties authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence, and enacts that:
Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and jury as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the writing in dispute.
Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and jury as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the writing in dispute.
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