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REFUSAL BE SWORN [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Due to the difficulty of establishing reasons for the refusal to be sworn, a narrow majority would give the judge some discretionary power to reject the hearsay statement even in a case where the declarant has persistently refused to comply with the order of the court to take the oath or to affirm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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