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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIFTEENTH EDITION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF REPORTS CONTEMPORARY WITH THE LAW REPORTS, 1866-75. xxxiii
1875-84. xxxiv
TABLE OF CASES CITED
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TABLE OF STATUTES CITED
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TABLE OF RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE, 1883, CITED
TABLE OF BANKRUPTCY RULES, 1883, CITED
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service of, on whom.
time and place of service
effect of
general nature of secondary evidence
proof of documents by copies
Oral evidence to explain or add to documents .
when admissible to prove a consideration, or to vary the date, or descrip-
tion, &c.
1457a
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Hearsay
admissible in questions of pedigree
of what persons admissible in questions of pedigree.
in questions of pedigree post litem motam
admissible to prove public rights
when part of the transaction
acts or assertions of ownership
declarations of persons having no interest to misrepresent
of persons against their own interest admissible
making entries, &c., in the regular discharge of their
ordinary business or office
implied from the acts of the party
by trustees; or of persons not parties to the suit, but interested
in it
guardians and prochein amy
agents and servants
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ib.
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marriages in Scotland and Ireland
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births, deaths, and marriages in India and the Colonies
at sea.
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Attendance of witnesses-continued.
absence of material witness
production of instruments under subpand duces tecum.
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promise and declaration in lieu of oath
incompetency
from defective understanding
on the ground of interest
from infamy
judges, jurors, arbitrators, counsel, &c.
inference from not calling the party
examination in chief
privilege
when a
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witness is privileged on the ground of injurious
consequences of a civil kind
a criminal kind
disclosures by informers
official communications
Contradicting party's own witness
an ecclesiastical kind
right to decline answering-how decided
privilege of husband and wife
when a witness is privileged on the ground of confidence
what matters may be disclosed
when a witness is privileged on ground of public policy
how claimed
Opinion of witness, when admissible
Memorandum to refresh witness's memory
right to inspect memorandum
Cross-examination
Contradicting opponent's witness
Evidence of character
that a witness is not impartial
Recalling witness
Re-examination
Evidence in reply
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