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Presumption
law or custom establishes the truth of any point, on a presumption that cannot be overcome by contrary evidence; thus, that a child under seven is incapable of committing a felony (2) The pr'sumptio juris is a
Proved
Proved, there is no difference between the general rules of evidence in civil and criminal cases, and the definition of 'proved' in s. 3 of the Evidence Act does
Accomplice
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
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Investigation
Criminal Proce-dure, 1898 defines 'investigation' as to include all the proceedings under that Code for the collection of evidence conducted by the police officer or other persons other than a Magistrate in this behalf. Under the Code
bill
in which it is passed in the legislature including all changes introduced before enactment that is kept as evidence of the law House bill : a bill originating in the House of Representatives money bill : revenue
Ambiguity
to two or more persons, or to two or more things, that is a 'latent ambiguity,' and parol evidence is admissible to shew which was really meant. This is not contradicting the document, because each answers the
Frye test
States v. Frye, 293 F. 1013 (1923), the case that established the rule] : a common-law rule of evidence: the results of scientific tests or procedures are admissible as evidence only when the tests or procedures have
Experts
Experts, referred in Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), s. 45. The witnesses who give evidence upon matters of their own professional
impeach
ed on the ground of former conviction "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] see also impeachment evidence at evidence compare rehabilitate NOTE: A witness may be impeached by character evidence or circumstantial evidence relating to
question
directed to an expert witness (as a physician) that is based on the existence of facts offered in evidence and the answer to which is an opinion to be considered in light of the evidence NOTE: Modern
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