LAW OF EVIDENCE
MEANING OF FACT:
i)Any thing, state of things, or relation of things, capable of being perceived by
the senses.
ii)Any mental condition of which any person is concious of.
ILLUSTRATIONS:
•certain objects arranged in certain order in certain place is a fact.
•that a man heard or saw something , is a fact.
•that a man said certain words, is a fact.
•that a man holds a certain opinion, has a certain invention, acts in good faith
or fraudulently or uses a particular word in particular sense, or is or was at a
specified time conscious of a particular sensation, is a fact.
•that a man has a certain reputation, is a fact.
▲misrepresentation of intention is misrepresentation of facts
RELEVENT FACT:
•One fact is said to be relevant to another when the one is connected with
other in any of the way referred to in the provisions of the act relating to the
relevancy of facts.
•Evidence should be alike, directed and confined to the matters which are in
dispute, or forming the subject to investigation
•The word 'relevant' is used in the act in two distinct meanings:
1. as admissible
2. as connected
•Evidence may be rejected in two cases:
1. The connection between the principle and evidentiary fact is too
remote and conjectural.
