University of New Zealand.
Third LL.B. Examination, 1885.
Law of Evidence.
Examiner:
Edmund Robertson, M.A.
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Only eight questions to be answered.)
1. |
Can priests be compelled to disclose confessions made to them professionally? Give reasons for your answer. |
2. |
What is meant by secondary evidence, and when may it be given? How would you prove the judgment of a colonial court in England? |
3. |
Define and fully illustrate "estoppel en pais." |
4. |
In what cases may evidence of character be offered? and when and how may the credit of a witness be impeached? |
5. |
Classify the facts of which courts will take judicial notice. |
6. |
What is the consequence of the improper admission or rejection of evidence in civil and criminal cases respectively?
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7. |
"Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet." Explain this maxim with reference to the Law of Evidence. |
8. |
What is the force of a
subpoena duces tecum? and what excuses for non-compliance will be sufficient? |
9. |
How do the Stamp Acts affect the admissibility in evidence of documents? What documents do or do not require a stamp? |
10. |
"Where a deed is thirty years old it proves itself." Explain this statement, making the necessary qualifications. |