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security

obligation [used his property as for a loan] b : surety see also security for costs 2 : evidence of indebtedness, ownership, or the right to ownership ;specif : evidence of investment in a common enterprise (as

Dying declaration

of the transaction which resulted in his death and it becomes relevant under s. 32(1) of the Indian Evidence Act in a case in which the cause of that person's death comes into question. It is true

Expert witness

Expert witness, an 'expert' is not a 'witness' of fact. His evidence is really of an advisory character. The duty of an 'expert witness' is to furnish the Judge with

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Materials on record

Proviso must be held to refer to materials on record before the Tribunal. They take in (1) the evidence taken by the management at the enquiry and the proceedings of the enquiry, or (2) the above evidence

Deed

be no date, or an impossible date, the deed takes effect from its actual delivery, of which extrinsic evidence is admissible. The parties are described by their several names, their rank, profession or calling, and their places

Res ipsa loquitur

consistent with negligence in the defendant than with a mere accident; nor ought it to be applied to evidence of an unexplained accident, if the evidence is as consistent with the cause of the accident having been

Lost document

been destroyed, or cannot be found after a proper search made, it may be proved by the 'secondary evidence' of a copy or by oral evidence of its contents. See Powell on Evidence; and as to the

Record

to be written. In Scotland, the printed pleadings in a contested action); (b) the volume containing the case, evidence and transcripts of appellants and respondents on appeal to the House of Lords or Privy Council. Record in

verdict

verdict granted by the court when the party with the burden of proof has failed to present sufficient evidence of a genuine issue of material fact that must be submitted to a jury for its resolution [the

Judicial Notice

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 et seq.

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