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Laudatio

Laudatio, testimony deliver in Court concerning an accused person's good behaviour and integrity of life. It resembled the practice which

Plena probatio

Plena probatio, testimony by two witnesses, Civ.Law.

Witness

gives evidence in a cause. 1. One who sees, knows, or vouches for something 2. One who gives testimony, under oath or affirmation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1596. A witness must attend in court according

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Burden of proof

Burden of proof [onus probandi, Lat.]. the most prominent canon of evidence is, that the point in issue is to be proved by the party who asserts the affirmative, according

witness

witness [Old English witnes knowledge, testimony, witness, from wit mind, sense, knowledge] 1 a : attestation of a fact or event [in whereof the

Confession

and without there being any doubt in regard thereto, an order of conviction can be founded on such evidence, State of Punjab v. Gurdeep Singh, (1999) 7 SCC 714: AIR 1999 SC 3724 (3725). (Evidence Act, 1872,

Cross-examination

be called to prove some preliminary and collateral matter only, as the handwriting of a document tendered in evidence, he is a witness in the cause, and may be cross-examined as to any of the issues in

Proof

conclusion, Hawkins v. Powells Tillery Steam Coal Co. Ltd., (1911) 1 KB 988: 1911 WN 53. Proof, evidence, testimony, convincing token means of conviction. Also standard strength of spirituous liquids. See BURDEN OR PROOF; EVIDENCE; BANK-RUPTCY; WINDING-UP.

Trial

the trial must be a full-dressed or a jury trial or a trial which concludes only after taking evidence of the parties in support of their respective cases, Dipak Chandra Ruhidas v. Chanden Kumar Sarkar, AIR 2003

hearing

for example by a legislature or an administrative agency, for the purpose of gathering information and hearing the testimony of witnesses. administrative hearing : a hearing conducted by an official (as an administrative law judge) or a

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