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Secondary evidence

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secondary evidence

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Mediate testimony

Mediate testimony, secondary evidence, which see.

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Evidence

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Lost document

has 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

Primary evidence

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Duces tecum, subp'na

papers, etc., required, deliver them to the opposite party, by whom they are withheld, the Court will allow secondary evidence of the contents of them to be given, without a notice to produce the originals. A witness, producing

Notice to produce

by affidavit, permission will be given to prove the contents of the instrument by a copy or other secondary evidence, in the same manner as if it had been lost, 1 Chit. Arch. Prac. Notice may also be

De non apparentibus et non existentibus eadem est ratio

on account of such non-production, to be treated as non-existent (Broom's Max.), unless they can be proved by secondary evidence.

Circumstantial evidence

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