A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Volumen1Little, Brown,, 1876 |
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... former , with not infrequent substitutions of English cases for the Ameri- can authorities cited by Professor Greenleaf . In fact , no higher compliment has been paid to the work of Professor Greenleaf than its presentation ...
... former , with not infrequent substitutions of English cases for the Ameri- can authorities cited by Professor Greenleaf . In fact , no higher compliment has been paid to the work of Professor Greenleaf than its presentation ...
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... former become fit to be signs of the lat ter , which they could not otherwise be . And although this connection is broken in every instance of lying and equivoca- tion , yet these instances being compara- tively few the authority of ...
... former become fit to be signs of the lat ter , which they could not otherwise be . And although this connection is broken in every instance of lying and equivoca- tion , yet these instances being compara- tively few the authority of ...
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... former ; and the natural credulity of youth and authority of age as plainly indicate the latter . The infant , by proper nursing and care , acquires strength to walk with- out support . Reason hath likewise her infancy , when she must ...
... former ; and the natural credulity of youth and authority of age as plainly indicate the latter . The infant , by proper nursing and care , acquires strength to walk with- out support . Reason hath likewise her infancy , when she must ...
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... former case , the truth rests upon the second ground before mentioned , namely , our faith in human veracity , sanctioned by experience . In the latter case , it rests on the same ground , with the addition of the experienced connection ...
... former case , the truth rests upon the second ground before mentioned , namely , our faith in human veracity , sanctioned by experience . In the latter case , it rests on the same ground , with the addition of the experienced connection ...
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... former , answering to our conclusive pre- sumption , Mascardus observes , - " Super hac præsumptione lex firmum sancit jus , et eam pro veritate , habet . " De Proba- tionibus , vol i . quæst . x . 48. An excep- tion to the general ...
... former , answering to our conclusive pre- sumption , Mascardus observes , - " Super hac præsumptione lex firmum sancit jus , et eam pro veritate , habet . " De Proba- tionibus , vol i . quæst . x . 48. An excep- tion to the general ...
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action admissible admitted aliunde alleged answer attorney authority bill Bing Campb cause character circumstances cited claim common law Commonwealth competent witness conclusive confession Conn contract copy court court of equity Cowen crime criminal cross-examination Cush declarations deed defendant dence deposition East entry estopped estoppel examination facie fact favor fraud Gray Greenl ground held inadmissible indictment infra instrument interest issue Jackson Johns Jones judge judgment jury justice larations Lord Lord Ellenborough Lord Tenterden Mass matter ment nature ness oath opinion parol evidence party perjury person Phil Pick plaintiff pleaded presumed presumption prima facie principle prisoner produce proof proved question reason received record regard Roman law rule Shepl Smith Stark Stat statute Statute of Frauds sufficient suit supra Taunt testator testify testimony tion trial truth voir dire Wend writing
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Página 321 - When parties have deliberately put their engagements into writing, in such terms as import a legal obligation, without any uncertainty as to the object or extent of such engagement, it is conclusively presumed that the whole engagement of the parties, and the extent and manner of their undertaking, was reduced to writing...
Página 391 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the Opinion of the Court. testator, intestate, or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Página 540 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State or Territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Página 306 - One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Página 41 - Malice, in common acceptation, means ill-will against a person; but, in its legal sense, it means a wrongful act, done intentionally, without just cause or excuse.
Página 334 - ... insensible with reference to extrinsic circumstances, a court of law may look into the extrinsic circumstances of the case, to see whether the meaning of the words be sensible in any popular or secondary sense of which with reference to these circumstances they are capable.
Página 237 - With respect to all verbal admissions, it may be observed that they ought to be received with great caution. The evidence, consisting as it does in the mere repetition of oral statements, is subject to much imperfection and mistake...
Página 540 - Judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Página 435 - degree of credit, which ought to be given to the testimony of an accomplice, is a matter exclusively within the province of the jury. It has sometimes been said, that they ought not to believe him, unless his testimony is corroborated by other evidence ; and, without doubt, great caution in weighing such testimony is dictated by prudence and reason.
Página 257 - A free and voluntary confession," said Eyre, CB,2 " is deserving of the highest credit, because it is presumed to flow from the strongest sense of guilt, and therefore it is admitted as proof of the crime to which it refers...