Secondary evidence becomes admissible where originals are unavailable, admitted, immovable, public, certifiable, or too voluminous for convenient examination. Secondary evidence may prove a document's existence, condition, or contents where the original remains unproduced after required notice, is admitted in ... Summary
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Secondary evidence becomes admissible where originals are unavailable, admitted, immovable, public, certifiable, or too voluminous for convenient examination.
Secondary evidence may prove a document's existence, condition, or contents where the original remains unproduced after required notice, is admitted in writing, is lost, destroyed, unavailable without the offering party's default, or is not easily movable. It may also be used for public documents, legally certifiable documents, and numerous records. The admissible form varies: any secondary evidence may be used in specified cases, while public and certifiable documents require certified copies.
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