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Corroboration, evidence in support of principal evidence, e.g., in addition to that of the mother, to charge the father of an illegitimate child under the Bastardy Acts. See AFFILIATION.In an action for breach of promise of marriage the plaintiff may give evidence, but cannot recover a verdict unless corroborated by other material evidence in support of the promise, 32 & 33 Vict. c. 68, s. 2. See MARRIAGE, PROMISE OF. Corroboration is also required in certain cases under the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 69(, ss. 2, 3, and 4 and also by s. 15 (1), (2) of the (English) Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 15). By the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 1), s. 38, the evidence of children of tender years, though not given on oath, needs corroboration. See UNUS NULLUS RULE.of a witness's testimony must be afforded by means of independent evidence which implicated by connecting or tending to connect him in a...
corroborative evidence
corroborative evidence : corroborating evidence at evidence ...
Corroboration
The act of corroborating strengthening or confirming addition of strength confirmation as the corroboration of an argument or of information...
corroborate
corroborate -rat·ed -rat·ing [Latin corroboratus, past participle of corroborare to strengthen, from com-, prefix marking completion + robur strength, literally, oak tree] : to support with evidence or authority : strengthen or make more certain cor·rob·o·ra·tion [kə-rÄ -bə-rā-shən] n cor·rob·o·ra·tive [kə-rÄ -bə-rā-tiv, -rə-tiv] adj ...
corroborating evidence
corroborating evidence see evidence ...
Corroborant
Strengthening supporting corroborating...
corroborated
supported or established by evidence or proof as corroborated testimony is especially convincing...
Independent corroboration
Independent corroboration, independent evidence must not only make it safe to believe that the crime was committed but must in some way reasonably connect or had to connect the accused with it by confirming in some material particular the testimony of the accomplice or complaint that the accused committed the crime, Rameshwar Kalyan Singh v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1952 SC 54 (57). (Indian Evidence Act, 1872, s. 133)...
Accomplice
Accomplice [fr. complice, Fr., complex, Lat., bound up with one in a project, but always in a bad sense], one concerned with another or others in the commission of a crime, Hawk. P.C. 87. An accomplice could always be called to give evidence, and by virtue of (English) Lord Denman's Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. C. 85), s. 1, even though convicted, and now by virtue of the Criminal Evidence Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. C. 36), s. 1, he can with his consent be called for the defence, but should he give evidence tending to incriminate his co-prisoner, such co-prisoner may cross-examine him, R. v. Hadwen, 1902 (1) KB 882; see also R. v. Rowland, 1910 (1) KB 458; R. v. Paul, 1920 (2) KB 183). See APPROVER.The word 'accomplice' has not been defined by the Evidence Act and it is generally understood that an accomplice means a guilty associate or partner in crime. An accomplice by becoming an approver becomes a prosecution witness, M. Shamsudhin v. State of Kerala, (1999) 3 SCC 351 (357): 1995 SCC (Cri)...
Marriage, Promise of
Marriage, Promise of, need not be in writing, although an 'agreement in consideration of marriage' must be, by s. 4 of the Statute of Frauds. So it was decided, overruling an earlier decision to the contrary, about 200 years ago, and the question does not appear to have been raised since 1717. In early times the spiritual courts enforced specific performance of the promise, and this jurisdiction was not formally abolished until the reign of George II., by 26 Geo. 2, c. 33. In an action for the breach of the promise, the parties were excepted amongst others) from the general abolition of admissibility of parties as witnesses under the Evidence Act,1851, but this exception was removed by the Evidence Further Amendment Act, 1869, under which, however, the plaintiff may not 'recover a verdict' unless his or her testimony be corroborated by some other material evidence in support of such promise. The mere non-answering of a letter is not, however, sufficient corroboration, Wiedman v. Walpol...
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