Notes of the Commissioners to the Code of Evidence Reported to the Legislature, Feb. 18891889 - 53 pages |
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... witnesses who give it , by their concurrence or contradiction of each ; or by the circumstances and probabilities of the story they relate ; the mind of the hearer arrives at a greater or less degree of cer- tainty , and weighing these ...
... witnesses who give it , by their concurrence or contradiction of each ; or by the circumstances and probabilities of the story they relate ; the mind of the hearer arrives at a greater or less degree of cer- tainty , and weighing these ...
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... witnesses . They were classed under the general name of " hearsay evidence . " The untrustworthy and suspicious character of hearsay in the main justified its rejection as evidence of the statements it purported to reproduce . The ...
... witnesses . They were classed under the general name of " hearsay evidence . " The untrustworthy and suspicious character of hearsay in the main justified its rejection as evidence of the statements it purported to reproduce . The ...
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... Witnesses . CHAPTER V. - Examination of witnesses and General Pro- visions . CHAPTER VI . - Repealing Clause . In treating the subject of proof of public writings and xi.
... Witnesses . CHAPTER V. - Examination of witnesses and General Pro- visions . CHAPTER VI . - Repealing Clause . In treating the subject of proof of public writings and xi.
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... witnesses the same embarrass- ment also presented itself , as fourteen sections of the Code of Civil Procedure partially dealt with that subject . The Commissioners have embodied those sections in this Code , without change in the legal ...
... witnesses the same embarrass- ment also presented itself , as fourteen sections of the Code of Civil Procedure partially dealt with that subject . The Commissioners have embodied those sections in this Code , without change in the legal ...
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New York (State). the state , respecting subscribing witnesses , and the proof of handwriting by comparison , are also incorporated in this Code , with some verbal changes not intended to affect their legal character . It is believed ...
New York (State). the state , respecting subscribing witnesses , and the proof of handwriting by comparison , are also incorporated in this Code , with some verbal changes not intended to affect their legal character . It is believed ...
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Page 47 - Upon the trial of an action, or the hearing upon the merits of a special proceeding, a party or a person interested in the event, or a person from, through or under whom such a party or interested person derives his interest or title by assignment or otherwise, shall not be examined as a witness in his own behalf or interest, or in behalf of the party succeeding to his title or interest...
Page 23 - A conveyance, acknowledged or proved, and certified in the manner prescribed by law, to entitle it to be recorded in the county where it is offered, is evidence, without further proof thereof.
Page 26 - ... 1. That the copy offered has been compared by the witness with the original, and is an exact transcript of the whole of the original. 2.
Page 11 - A record of an act, condition or event, shall, in so far as relevant, be competent evidence if the custodian or other qualified witness testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business, at or near the time of the act, condition or event, and if, in the opinion of the court, the sources of information, method and time of preparation were such as to justify its admission.
Page 51 - The party producing a witness is not allowed to impeach his credit by evidence of bad character, but he may contradict him by other evidence, and may also show that he has made at other times statements inconsistent with his present testimony, as provided in section two thousand and fifty-two.
Page 35 - When the terms of an agreement have been reduced to writing by the parties, it is to be considered as containing all those terms, and therefore there can be between the parties and their representatives, or successors in interest, no evidence of the terms of the agreement other than the contents of the writing, except in the following cases: 1. Where a mistake or imperfection of the writing is put in issue by the pleadings; 2.
Page 46 - ... in the course of professional employment. 3. A clergyman or priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as to any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs.
Page 40 - The effect of a judicial record of a sister state is the same in this state as in the state where it was made, except that it can only be enforced here by an action or special proceeding, and except, also, that the authority of a guardian or committee, or of an executor or administrator, does not extend beyond the jurisdiction of the government under which he was invested with his authority.
Page 47 - A person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, or a professional or registered nurse, shall not be allowed to disclose any information which he acquired in attending a patient, in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity...
Page 16 - The accession to office, and the official signatures and seals of office, of the principal officers of government, in the legislative, executive and judicial departments of this state and of the United States : 6.