Practical treatise of the law of evidence/ Thamas Starkie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starkie, Thamas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence (Law)--Treatises.

Evidence (Law).

Witnesses--Legal status, laws, etc.

Witnesses.

Presumptions (Law).

Legal instruments--Interpretation and construction.

Legal instruments.

Law reports, digests, etc--United States.

Law reports, digests, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Eighth American edition, from the fourth London edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson & Co.

Contents:

Res inter alios acta, grounds of the rule Declarations by strangers Acts of strangers Effect of the rule Does not exclude the acts and admissions of a party Or laws and customs Or facts which have a legal operation on the question Effects of the rule as to declarations, etc. Declarations accompanying acts, why admissible Declarations when part of the res gestae, how proved Declarations may be evidence for some purposes although not for others Collateral facts and circumstances Possession, ancient instruments Declarations admissible as explanatory evidence On questions of skill Artificial evidence Of artificial and conventional evidence Records Verdict Conventional evidence Estoppels Presumptions Oral evidence, its natural priority Mode of enforcing the attendance of a witness in civil and criminal cases Expenses of witness Consequence of disobedience Where witness is in custody In criminal cases In bankruptcy and other cases Proceeding where the witness cannot be procured Subpoena duces tecum Writings to be produced where the production will not prejudice Witness, obligation of, to be sworn and give evidence Protection of witness Objections in exclusion of the testimony of witnesses Time of objecting Examination as to religious belief Infant Incompetency from turpitude Incompeten_

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.

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