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Admissibility of documentary evidence rendered inadmissible by statutory provision and those admissible on certain conditions
Admissibility of documentary evidence under Section 41 of the Evidence Act
Attitude of the court to documentary evidence
Documentary evidence as the best form of evidence
Documentary evidence as the most reliable evidence
Duty of a party to link the documents tendered to a part of the case he intends to prove
Duty of a party to tie his documents to the facts or evidence in open Court
Duty on a party when tendering documentary evidence
Duty on party relying on a written agreement to render it in evidence
Effect of a document tendered through a witness who is not the maker
Effect of an unsigned document
Effect of documentary evidence not challenged in any manner pejorative to its integrity and authenticity
Effect of documentary evidence tendered in the absence of the maker
Effect of documents tendered and admitted in evidence
Effect of failure of a court/tribunal to mark a document as an exhibit
Effect of failure to demonstrate documentary evidence in open court to assess their purport and worth
Effect of failure to tie documents to evidence
Effect of inability to cross-examine the maker of a document
How conflicts in documentary evidence should be resolved
How documents should be interpreted
How the contents of a document may be proved
Importance of documentary evidence
Need for a document to be linked to the issue in dispute
Need for document to be linked to specific aspects of a party's case
Need for entire documents to be interpreted as a whole
Need for proper foundation to be laid where a document is tendered in the absence of its maker
The essence of having the maker of a document present in court
The general rule governing the admissibility of documentary evidence
The principle that a document is not admissible for a purpose other than that it for which was tendered
The principle that a document tendered and admitted in evidence can only be used for the purpose for which it was admitted in evidence
The principle that a party that relies on the contents of a document to establish his case has a duty to produce the original of the document before the court.
The principle that parol evidence reduced into writing is the best evidence
The principle that the maker of a document is expected to tender it in evidence; exceptions
The principle that the maker of the statement should be called as a witness in the proceeding where the document is to be tendered
The rule that documentary evidence is the best evidence
The rule that documentary evidence is the best evidence in election matters
The rule that documentary evidence remains dormant without the aid of explanations relating its existence
The rule that where there are conflicting pieces of evidence on a particular question by the opposing parties in an action, the party whose evidence is supported by documentary evidence, is accorded more credibility
What happens where documents do not bear signatures of their makers on it
When a document will not require registration
When documentary evidence will be admissible in the absence of the maker
When will a document tendered be marked "rejected"
Whether a Court can act on a document not tendered and admitted in evidence
Whether a court can reject a document duly admitted in evidence on grounds different from that canvassed by the parties without giving the parties an opportunity to be heard
Whether a document attached to one tendered in evidence carries the same weight
Whether a document marked "rejected" can be used again in that trial
Whether a document marked "tendered and rejected" can be used in the same proceeding
Whether a document needs to be tendered at the trial for the purpose of proving the fact of its existence alone
Whether an instrument made by a court of coordinate jurisdiction should be treated like any other documentary evidence
Whether an unsigned document is admissible
Whether a party can fault, on appeal, the admission of a document admitted without any objection from him
Whether a party that fails to deny the existence of a document will not be bound by same on the grounds of not signing the document
Whether a party who relies on the contents of a document can at the same time turn around to question the validity of same document
Whether a party who tenders a document in evidence can later turn around and complain that the court acted on it in arriving at its decision
Whether a published legal enactment must be pleaded before the court can rely on it
Whether a trial judge should confine his decision to the documents produced by the plaintiffs
Whether a witness can comment on a document not made or tendered by him
Whether demeanour plays any role where documentary evidence has been admitted
Whether demeanour plays any role where documentary exhibits have been admitted in evidence
Whether documentary evidence is admissible in the absence of oral evidence explaining its essence
Whether documentary evidence is admissible in the absence of the maker
Whether documentary evidence is reliable
Whether documentary evidence tendered and admitted in proof of a party's case remains dormant until activated by oral evidence
Whether documents used by a party in previous proceedings can be used against him
Whether failure to tender a particular document is fatal to the case of a party
Whether failure to tender the CBN Guidelines is fatal to the proof of an interest rate
Whether forensic report by issued by a government scientist is an exception to the documentary hearsay rule
Whether it is open to the court, in the comfort of his chambers, to raise fundamental questions which were not raised, in open court on the quality of a document
Whether the appellate and trial courts have concurrent jurisdiction in evaluation of documentary evidence
Whether the court has a duty to seek explanation from a party tendering a document with apparent alterations/mutilations
Whether the demeanour of witnesses plays any part where the court is to consider documentary evidence
Whether the maker of a document must be called to testify in an election petition
Whether the technicalities on the admissibility of documents arising from the provision of the Evidence Act (supra) which are only relevant to civil proceedings may be shunned or disregarded by the court in a criminal trial
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