Canadian Law of Evidence/Appendix
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[edit] References
- Delisle et. al. "Evidence: Principles and Practice"
[edit] Legislation
[edit] Glossary
- affadavit
- burden of leading evidence
- burden of proof
- character evidence
- evidence that establishes a witnesses standing in the community, reputation, and history of past actions.
- circumstantial evidence
- evidence that proves a fact, though not directly at issue, is sufficient that it may infer, from the circumstances, the existance of a fact that is at issue.
- direct evidence
- evidence that proves a fact at issue. a first-hand account of an incident. (cf. circumstantial and heresay evidence.)
- documentary evidence
- evidence in written or printed form.
- heresay evidence
- indirect evidence
- irrebuttable presumption
- judicial notice
- oral evidence
- statements made under oath or solemn affirmation by a witness during a trial.
- permissive presumption
- probative value
- the degree to which a type of evidence contributes to the proof of a proposition.
- real evidence: evidence in the form of physical objects
- rebuttable presumption
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