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Condition for the cancellation of a document
Conditions for the admissibility of secondary evidence of a document
Condition to be satisfied before a document can be regarded as a receipt
Distinction between "a copy of a document" and "a document"
Effect of a document declared null and void
Effect of a document not shown to be genuine
Effect of a document rejected in evidence
Effect of a document which contains doubtful entries or suffers from unexplained interpolation by way of absence of pages or contents
Effect of an undated document
Effect of an unsigned and undated document
Effect of failure of a party who claims to have a document to tender it
Effect of failure to call the maker of a document where the document is challenged as unauthentic
Effect of leading evidence on a document not pleaded
Effect of not pleading or giving evidence on a document
How documents can be proved
Need for documents in dispute to be produced and admitted as exhibits
Position of the law where documents are over 30 years old; whether it will be necessary to prove the handwriting
Procedure to be followed by a party seeking to tender a document in evidence
The principle that a party relying on documents in proving his case must relate the documents to specific areas of the case
The propriety of a party using a document already declared void in another application before the court
The rule that the contents of a document may be proved either by primary or by secondary evidence
The rule that the validity of a document may be challenged only if it has been put in issue in the pleadings of the parties
The status of a rejected document
Whether a court is entitled to speculate on the contents of documents
Whether a document that has not been challenged can be the basis of disbelief by the trial Court
Whether a document which is not frontloaded is inadmissible
Whether a party can rely on an altered document
Whether a party is allowed to take benefit under a document and then run round to challenge the legality of the same document
Whether a party is precluded from using an unpleaded document in an affidavit evidence
Whether a party who has tendered a document in court and admitted as an exhibit can disassociate himself from a portion of the document and associate himself with the other portion
Whether every document admitted by a court of law must be assigned probative value
Whether oral evidence is required to explain documents tendered and admitted
Whether oral evidence on the existence of a document is admissible
Whether specific documents to prove a fact pleaded must be pleaded
Whether the authenticity of a document can be raised on appeal for the first time
Whether the court can be prevented from using a document before it to settle other issues raised in the case of the parties other than that for which the document was tendered
Whether the fact that a document is tendered through the bear means that the document should not be pleaded or that evidence should not be led on it
Whether the formal proof of a document can be waived
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