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negative testimony

negative testimony see testimony

testimony

had an opportunity and similar motive to develop the testimony. negative testimony : testimony concerning what did not happen ;esp : testimony … happen ;esp : testimony concerning what one did not perceive [negative testimony that the witness did not hear a train whistle] NOTE:

Confession

an exculpatory assertion of some fact, which if true, would negative the offence alleged cannot amount to a confession, Veera Ibrahim … thereto, an order of conviction can be founded on such evidence, State of Punjab v. Gurdeep Singh, (1999) 7 SCC 714:

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Witness

volitional evidentiary act of the person, as opposed to the negative attitude of silence or submission on his part. Nor is … sees, knows, or vouches for something 2. One who gives testimony, under oath or affirmation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.

Positive evidence

Positive evidence, proof of the very fact, opposed to negative evidence. … Positive evidence, proof of the very fact, opposed to negative evidence.

Testimonial compulsion

volitional evidentiary acts of the person, as opposed to the negative attitude of silence or submission on his part, Subedar v. … Testimonial compulsion, connotes coercion which produces the positive volitional evidentiary acts

Cause of action

to support his right to the judgment of the court. Negatively put, it would mean that everything which, if not proved, … material facts are required to be stated but not the evidence except in certain cases where the pleading relied on any

Judgment

of the right, recognises the commission of the injury, or negatives the allegation of one or the other, Gurdit Singh v. … the court arrived at after a due consideration of the evidence and all the arguments, Ramautar Thakur v. State of Bihar,

Dispute

the word 'dispute' is, 'a controversy having both positive and negative aspects. It postulates the assertion of a claim by one … is without laying any basis or placing on record any evidence in support thereof, Canara Bank v. National Thermal Power Corportaion,

Misprision

Misprisions are divided in the text-books into two kinds:- (1) Negative, the concealment of what ought to be revealed; such is … government. And to endeavour to dissuade a witness from giving evidence, to dis-close an examination before the Privy Council, or to

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