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Marriage, Promise of
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,
Accomplice
accomplice after the crime. There is no rule of law that her testimony cannot be acted upon without corroboration in material particulars. She stands on a higher pedestal than an injured witness. In the latter case, there
Unus Nullus Rule, The
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 action for breach of promise of marriage and on a
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Tape-recorded conversation
conversation, a previous statement, made by a person and recorded on tape, can be used not only to corroborate the evidence given by the witness in Court but also to contradict the evidence given before the Court,
Comfort
To make strong to invigorate to fortify to corroborate
fresh complaint rule
of a witness to whom a victim of a sexual offense made a fresh complaint is admissible to corroborate the victim's testimony called also fresh complaint doctrine
Rape
on her part, Reg. v. Lillyman, (1896) 2 QB 167 CCR. It is the universal practice to require corroboration of the woman's accusation [see R. v. Osborne, (1905) 1 KB 551]. As to what con-stitutes carnal knowledge,
Perjury
to the falsity of any statement alleged to be false (s. 13); in other words, there must be corroboration on that issue. Of the remaining sections the principal are s. 9, which empowers judges and others to
Bracton
actions, through the minutest steps, are investigated and developed; while every proposition is supported by fair deduction, or corroborated by the authority of some adjudged case, so that the reader never fails in deriving instruction or amusement
Approver, or Prover
the practice is for Judges to leave it to juries with the direction not to believe it unless corroborated in some material particular by independent untainted testimony [In re Meunier, 1894 (2) QB 415].
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