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Best evidence rule
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best evidence rule
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Confession
based on the Maxim 'habemus optimum testem canfitentem renum' which means that confession of an accused is the best evidence against him. The rationale behind this rule is that an ordinary, normal and sane person would not make
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Deposition
when the witness himself can be produced, his deposition may not be read, for it is not the best evidence. But it may be read not only where it appears that the witness is actually dead, but in … testimony, technically, the evidence put down in writing by way of answer to questions. It is an incontrovertible rule at Common Law, that when the witness himself can be produced, his deposition may not be read, for
Unus Nullus Rule, The
in the Civil Law, that the testimony of one witness is equivalent to the testimony of none. See Best on Evidence, bk. 3, pt. 2, c. 10, and CORROBORATION. In our law corroboration is required in an … Unus Nullus Rule, The, the rule of evidence which obtains in the Civil Law, that the testimony of one witness is
Judicial Notice
on the left side), and the constitution of the government, a court does not require any proof. See best on Evidence, s. 253; Taylor on Evidence, part i., ch. 2; Powell on Evidence, 9th Edn., pp. 145 … of England, public statutes, the existence of a war in which this country is engaged, standard almanacs, the rule of the road (to keep on the left side), and the constitution of the government, a court does
original writing rule
original writing rule : best evidence rule
parol evidence rule
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best evidence
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Primary evidence
Matched in: Term Primary evidence
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