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competent evidence
Matched in: Term competent evidence
Criminal Evidence Act
Matched in: Term Criminal Evidence Act
Witness
must give his evidence. See OATH and AFFIRMATION. In civil cases, as a rule, husband and wife are competent and compellable witnesses against each other [Evidence Amendment Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 83), s. 1],
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Testimony
Testimony, evidence given; proof by a witness. See EVIDENCE and PERPETUATING TESTIMONY. Means an evidence that a competent witness under oath or affirmation gives at trial or in an affidavit or deposition, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th
Nemo tenetur prodere seipsum
Act, 1888, s. 9, and finally the general (English) Criminal Evidence Act, 1898 (see that title), make defendants competent, but not compellable, to give evidence.
Residuum rule
hearsay evidence will be upheld on judicial review only if the decision is founded on at least some competent evidence, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1311
Question of fact
in evidence, that question of fact must be decided by the judge. So in questions as to the competence of a witness to be sworn. See VOIR DIRE; WITNESS; OATH. The law of a foreign country is
Laying a foundation
Laying a foundation, means introducing evidence of certain facts needed to render later evidence relevant, material, or competent. For example, propounding a hypothetical question to an expert is necessary before the expert may render an opinion.
Stare decisis
governed should be fixed, definite and known, and that, when the law is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction authorised to construe it, such declaration, in absence of palpable mistake or error, is itself evidence of
clearly erroneous
clearly erroneous : being or containing a finding of fact that is not supported by substantial or competent evidence or by reasonable inferences [findings of fact…shall not be set aside unless clearly erroneous "Federal Rules of Civil
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