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Practice question: Curative Admissibility

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Practice question

The opponent introduces a detached act of receiving goods. A separate contemporaneous receipt directly explains that they were accepted only for testing. Is Section 17 limited to the remainder of one physical document?
  1. Yes, only the next page of the same paper can ever qualify.
  2. Yes, no separate related writing may be considered.
  3. Yes, acceptance must be treated as unconditional regardless of context.
  4. No; necessary other acts, declarations or writings may explain detached evidence.
  5. Yes, all context must be oral even if properly documented.

Legal references

  • A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC, 2019 Amendments to the Revised Rules on Evidence, effective May 1, 2020; Rules 131-133, specifically the cited sections: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html

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