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Dying declarations

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declaration

recovery and that concerns the circumstances or cause of the presumed death compare excited utterance, res gestae NOTE: Dying declarations are an exception to the hearsay rule and can be admitted as evidence only if the declarant is

excited utterance

a person while under stress caused by the event see also res gestae spontaneous declaration at declaration compare dying declaration at declaration NOTE: Excited utterances are an exception to the hearsay rule. They may be admitted as … that is made by a person while under stress caused by the event see also res gestae spontaneous declaration at declaration compare dying declaration at declaration NOTE: Excited utterances are an exception to the hearsay rule. They

Tail

settlement of real or personal property or the proceeds of sale thereof (including the will of a person dying after 1925), or by agreement for a settlement in which the trusts to affect the property are sufficiently … after 1925), or by agreement for a settlement in which the trusts to affect the property are sufficiently declared. Subject to his powers and duties as tenant for life under the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, if

res gestae

or declarations relating to mental, emotional, or bodily states or sense impressions of a witness or participant compare dying declaration and spontaneous declaration at declaration, excited utterance NOTE: Res gestae in common law encompassed a variety of

Forgery

others for any term not exceeding seven years. Where the forgery is not a statutable felony it is declared a misdemeanour (s. 4). S. 5 deals with forgery of seals and dies, s. 6 with the offence

Hearsay evidence

Among the exceptions to the general rule as to the inadmissibility of hearsay evidence are the follow-ing: (1) dying declarations; (2) hearsay in questions of pedigree; (3) hearsay on questions of public right, customs, boundaries, etc.; (4) admissibility

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