Practice question
A private document is forty years old but comes from unexplained unnatural custody and bears suspicious alterations. Does age alone remove authenticity proof under Section21?
- The opposing party must accept the writing
- Yes; forty years cures every suspicion
- Only the signature’s length matters
- Every alteration becomes lawful with age
- No; the additional conditions remain unmet
Legal references
- A.M.19-08-15-SC, current Rule131 Section6 and Rule132 Sections3,20–22: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
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