Authentication of Private Writings

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1. Under Section 32, does an unsealed private writing become inadmissible solely because it lacks a seal?
2. A party calls a signature specimen genuine, but the opposing party has not admitted or treated it as genuine and it has…
3. A private document is exactly thirty years old. Does it satisfy Section 21’s more-than-thirty-years language on age alo…
4. A thirty-eight-year-old writing is discovered in an unexplained source where it would not naturally be found if genuine…
5. The opponent admits that a signature on a private undertaking is genuine but disputes whether payment followed. Does si…
6. Explain why purpose matters before demanding proof that a private writing was authentically executed.
7. A handwriting comparison uses a specimen the proponent merely calls genuine. Explain the foundation.
8. Compare a document exactly thirty years old with a thirty-eight-year-old document of unexplained suspicious custody.