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prior consistent statement

the witness's testimony compare prior inconsistent statement NOTE: A prior consistent statement may be offered as evidence to rebut a charge that a witness's testimony is fabricated, provided that the witness is available to be cross-examined. Under

Presumption of fact and presumption in of law

it is bound to presume the fact as proved until evidence is given by the party interested to rebut or disprove it, Syad Akbar v. State of Karnataka, AIR 1979 SC 1848: (1980) 1 SCC 30: (1980)

case

of a party's case including arguments for which the party bears the burden of proof but not including rebuttal prima facie case : a case established by evidence that is sufficient to raise a presumption of fact

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Marriage

or by declaring themselves husband and wife before witnesses, is merely evidence of such intention--evidence which may be rebutted if it be proved that the real intention of the parties was contrary to their outward acts. See,

Surprise

by the other side, and there is reason to believe that this evidence, if foreseen, might have been rebutted, contradicted, or explained, the Court grants a new trial, on such conditions as to costs as seems fit.

fair trial

these: the effectiveness of the assistance of counsel, the opportunity to present evidence and witnesses, the opportunity to rebut the opposition's evidence and cross-examine the opposition's witnesses, the presence of an impartial jury, and the judge's freedom

rebuttal

rebuttal : the act or procedure of rebutting ;also : evidence or argument that rebuts

Age

between the ages of 7 and 14 is presumed to be doli incapax, but this presumption may be rebutted by evidence of the infant's capacity to discern good from evil (malitia supplet 'tatem-malice supplies age). The old

Rasure, or Erasure

factum, 5 Rep. 23, 119. A rasure or interlineation in a deed is presumed, in the absence of rebutting evidence, to have been made at or before its execution, but in a will it is presumed to have

Conditio si testator sine liberis decesserit

children will be born. If that condition is not fulfilled, the settlement is presumed in the absence of rebutting evidence to be revoked.

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