Legal Evidence and Real Evidence Overview

Any disc, tape, sound track or other device in which sounds or other data are embodied is known as a ______.

Documents that are formed by the official acts or records of the sovereign authority are classified as ______ documents.

All documents other than public documents are referred to as ______ documents.

The content of a document can be proven by primary or ______ evidence.

Primary evidence means the document itself produced for the ______ of the court.

The burden of proof means the burden of a party to persuade the court that his case is ______.

The other meaning of burden of proof is the obligation to adduce ______ on a particular fact or issue.

The burden of first proving existence or non-existence of a fact lies on the party against whom the ______ of the court would be given.

If the party adduced evidence which ought reasonably to satisfy the court, the burden lies on the party against whom ______ would be given.

The court has to look critically at the ______ to discover where the onus lies in a case.

The burden of proving that any person has been guilty of a crime is on the person who ______ it.

Proof beyond reasonable doubt does not mean proof beyond all ______.

If the plaintiff pleads possession of the land in dispute, the ______ shifts onto the defendant to prove ownership.

This burden is always ______ and remains on the same party.

If the prosecution proves the commission of a crime beyond reasonable doubt, the burden of proving reasonable ______ shifts to the defendant.

Proof beyond reasonable doubt means establishing the guilt of the accused with compelling and ______ evidence.

When a party bearing evidential burden has discharged it by adducing the requisite ______, then the opponent comes under another evidential burden.

The court is only interested in the testimony of a ______ witness.

In criminal trials, the standard required is proof beyond reasonable ______.

The apex Court held that the two requirements are completely ______.

To achieve proof beyond reasonable doubt, it is not sufficient for the prosecution to call several ______ to testify.

The expression 'proof beyond ___ doubt' cannot be employed conterminously with 'proof beyond any shadow of doubt.'

The term 'proof beyond reasonable doubt' serves as a touchstone for estimating when the prosecution has discharged the ___ imposed on it by law.

The burden cast on the prosecution must be discharged beyond reasonable ____.

In criminal justice, 'proof beyond reasonable doubt' connotes such proof as precludes every reasonable proposition except that which it tends to ___ .

According to Section 36(5) of the Constitution of Nigeria, every person charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed to be ___ until proven guilty.

Proof beyond reasonable doubt does not mean proof to the ____ or proof beyond shadow of doubt.

The principle of severance of pleadings can be likened to an admixture of oil and ____.

The burden of proving the guilt of the accused person lies fully on the ___ during a criminal trial.

The ultimate burden is on the prosecution in a criminal trial throughout the trial as it is the prosecution that will fail if no ___ is called in proof of the charge.

In civil proceedings, the burden of proof upon the plaintiff is to prove his case on the balance of ____.

Where the admixture of civil and criminal pleadings are such that can be likened to ____ twins that share vital organs.

The burden is ___ and does not shift throughout the trial.

Under the Evidence Act, the burden of proving the existence of any fact or matter placed upon a defendant shall be discharged on the balance of ___.

The principle of severance was re-stated in the case of Hon. Ralf Okeke & Ors vs. Chief (Mrs) Edith Mike ____ & Ors.

According to Tobi, JSC, proof that dispels fanciful possibilities is essential for a fair trial in court, particularly in the case of ____ v.State.

The combination of criminal and civil pleadings can lead to judicial confusion akin to an admixture of ____ and oil.

A single credible witness can establish a case beyond reasonable doubt unless corroboration is required by ______.

No plaintiff in any action for breach of promise of marriage shall succeed unless his or her testimony is corroborated by some other material ______.

An accomplice is a competent witness against a ______.

A conviction is not illegal merely because it proceeds upon the uncorroborated testimony of an ______.

The court must warn the jury about the danger of convicting solely on uncorroborated ______.

Section 198 of the Evidence Act states that the only proof against a person charged must not be ______ evidence.

In cases where the only proof is the evidence of an accomplice, the court shall consider it unsafe to ______ any person on such evidence.

According to S.178 (1) of the Evidence Act, the court must warn the jury in the absence of ______.