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Practice question: Meaning of Authentication

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Practice question

What is the basic purpose of authenticating a document offered as genuine?
  1. To establish that it is what the proponent claims it to be
  2. To make every statement in it conclusively true
  3. To guarantee judgment for the proponent
  4. To replace all relevance requirements
  5. To erase every statutory exclusion

Legal references

  • 2019 Rules on Evidence, Rule 132 Section 20: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html

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