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PRESUME PRIMA FACIE [1 record]

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

A deposition of the witness, purporting to have been taken before a justice on the investigation of a criminal charge to be signed by the witness and the justice, returned to and produced from the custody of the proper office, shall be presumed "prima facie" to have been signed by the witness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

La déposition de témoin, donnée comme ayant été prise devant un juge de paix lors de l'enquête sur une accusation criminelle et signée par le témoin et par le juge de paix, confiée à la garde du fonctionnaire compétent et par lui produite, est présumée «prima facie» avoir été signée par le temoin.

Spanish

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