Practice question
A party offers an absent witness's deposition for every purpose solely because the witness is outside the Philippines. The record shows that the offering party procured the absence. Which qualification in Section 4(c)(2) matters?
- Absence abroad always compels admission regardless of its cause.
- Procurement of absence is legally irrelevant.
- The deposition automatically proves every fact.
- The distance-or-abroad ground contains an exception where the offering party procured the absence.
- A party may manufacture unavailability without consequence.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — Current Rule 23, Sections 1, 4, 7, 15 and 17.
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