The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 50
University of New Zealand. — Law of Evidence
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University of New Zealand.
Law of Evidence.
(Only eight questions to be answered.)
1. | Can priests be compelled to disclose confessions made to them professionally? Give reasons for your answer. |
2. | What is meant by secondary evidence, and when may it be given? How would you prove the judgment of a colonial court in England? |
3. | Define and fully illustrate "estoppel en pais." |
4. | In what cases may evidence of character be offered? and when and how may the credit of a witness be impeached? |
5. | Classify the facts of which courts will take judicial notice. |
6. | What is the consequence of the improper admission or rejection of evidence in civil and criminal cases respectively?page 2 |
7. | "Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet." Explain this maxim with reference to the Law of Evidence. |
8. | What is the force of a subpoena duces tecum? and what excuses for non-compliance will be sufficient? |
9. | How do the Stamp Acts affect the admissibility in evidence of documents? What documents do or do not require a stamp? |
10. | "Where a deed is thirty years old it proves itself." Explain this statement, making the necessary qualifications. |