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EVIDENCE SPECIFIC INSTANCES CONDUCT [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Law of Evidence
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

... Of the three methods of proving character provided by the rule, evidence of specific instances of conduct is the most convincing. At the same time it possesses the greatest capacity to arouse prejudice, to confuse, to surprise, and to consume time.

CONT

Evidence of a trait of a person's character may be given in the form of opinion, evidence of reputation or evidence of specific instances of conduct.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

La démonstration d'un trait de caractère peut être faite sous forme d'une preuve d'opinion, d'une preuve de réputation, ou à partir d'une preuve de comportements spécifiques.

Spanish

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