CRIMINATING QUESTIONS: privilege in respect of CROSS-EXAMINATION: necessity for of parties to proceedings in consequence of adultery rules as to.. leading questions may be asked in irrelevant questions in, will be disallowed by judge .. .. of witnesses to character, practice as to is admissible to explain writing 3 38 116 123 489 490 493 494 498 498 499 . 588 179 184 . 354 457 458 463 532, 533 is inadmissible to contradict writing is admissible to prove personal liability of broker mistake as to, in documents, may be proved by parol evi- DECEASED PERSON: declaration by, must have been made ante litem motam admissibility of may be against pecuniary or proprietary interest is evidence of facts contained in it oral or written, is equally admissible is admissible, though declarant received facts on hearsay 212 212 213 by person in possession, is admissible to cut down interest 214 must be contemporaneous 217 must be confined to matters within duty of declarant to is inadmissible, if made on hearsay is not evidence during life of declarant 218 221 222 224 225 DEED-continued. recitals in, effect of.. PAGE 250 acknowledgment of consideration in, is conclusive 273, 438 274 lost, may be proved by attested or examined copy, or by 378 of deceased or absent witnesses, admissibility of..231,543,545 under commission .. cannot be read except by consent, if deponent is able to 543 559 564 544 546 546 546 is admissible, though deponent's illness is not permanent 547 of witnesses for defence before coroners 549 in extradition proceedings DESIGN: register af, proof of DICTIONARY: admissibility of, to prove sense of words DISCOVERY: of documents, practice as to .. question of right to, may be reserved till issue has been 361 113 575 578 party not complying with order for, is liable to attachment 579 unstamped, may be used to refresh memory cannot be contradicted or varied by parol evidence mistake in date of, may be proved by parol evidence may be explained by usage or custom 388, 618 429 441 447 457 alteration in, may be explained by parol evidence 465 575, 591 relating exclusively to title, need not be produced 580 502 must be contemporaneous 218 221 222 224 must be confined to matters within duty of declarant to is inadmissible, if made on hearsay .. ENTRY AGAINST INTEREST: admissibility of may be against pecuniary or proprietary interest is not evidence during life of declarant proof of handwriting of, is unnecessary after thirty years 214 cannot be contradicted or explained by oral evidence must be contemporaneous .. 217 must be confined to matters within duty of writer to record 222 EQUITY: miscellaneous presumptions in ESTOPPEL: definition of by matter of record 224 does not operate where judgment was obtained by fraud by deed does not operate where execution of deed was fraud or duress by matter of pais 240 241, 245, 248 obtained by against tenants against licensees .. 255 against bailees .. 256 against agents .. 256 against companies against acceptor and drawer of bill of exchange .. 257 .. 257 .. 258 admission not operating as, may be rebutted .. 264 273 |