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Define Evidence - correct answer Any material that may be used to prove a fact in court in order to further your case. Define Real evidence - correct answer Tangible evidence that gives to the touch, suc...

What are the main functions of the law of evidence? - correct answer 1) to determine which facts are legally receivable (admissible) to prove facts in issue. 2) determines the way in which evidence must be adduced 3) what evidence may lawfully be wi...

Why are there rules of evidence? (2) - correct answer ensure evidence is 1. trustworthy/realiable 2. relevant What is the underlying reason for rules of evidence? - correct answer to protect jury fro...

1. The _________ is the system of rules and standards by which the admission of proof at trial of a lawsuit (criminal or civil) is regulated. a. Substantive law b. Common law c. Laws of evidence d. Procedural law - correct answer laws of Evidence...

To be relevant, evidence must: A: Be more likely true than not true B: Directly prove the fact it is offered to prove C: Have some tendency to make a fact of consequence more or less probable D: Prove an element of the claim, crime, or defense - correct answer ...

RULE 401 Definition of "Relevant Evidence" - correct answer "Relevant evidence" means evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it wou...

Plaintiff sues Defendant employer for injuries Plaintiff claims she sustained on the job. Plaintiff wants to call Doctor to testify that although she has never examined Plaintiff as a patient, she did review Plaintiff's medical history and all of the medical files related to Plaintiff's injury and...

Article 102 Purpose and construction - correct answer These article shall be construed to secure fairness and efficiency in administration of the law of evidence to the end that the truth may be ascertained and proceedings justly determined. Article ...

Drunk Uncle is called to the witness stand by the prosecution to testify about the defendant's actions after the alleged robbery. Drunk Uncle was at home drinking on the couch when the defendant (his roommate) came home with blood on his shirt and acting paranoid. On the witness stand, Drunk Uncle ...

Purpose of discovery - correct answer the right afforded to the adversary in a trial to examine, inspect, and copy the evidence in the hands of the other side. prosecutor - correct answer Pursue a case d...

Definition of evidence by G. Eche Ada - correct answer Evidence can be understood from both literal perspective and technical perspective. In the Literal sense, evidence is something which substantiates the existence of certain facts while the technical...

Character of a person is excluded as evidence: - correct answer 1. character of a person, although seemingly relevant, is excluded as evidence as it is a side issue which cannot distract the law Hearsay - correct answer ...

FRE: Which section governs proceedings in US Courts, US Bankruptcy judges, US Magistrate judges - correct answer 101 FRE: Which section covers elimination of unjustifiable expense and delay - correct answer ...

• "Evidence of what another person has said". • General rule against hearsay set out in Morrison v HM Advocate 1990 JC 299: - "an assertion other than one made by a person while giving oral evidence in the proceedings is inadmissible as evidence of any fact asserted" (at 312). • Rul...