documentary evidence

documentary evidence
Tangible objects capable of expressing a fact or tending to establish the truth or untruth of a matter at issue, including all kinds of documents, records, and writings. 29 Am J2d Ev § 834. In oral evidence, the witness is the person who speaks; in documentary evidence, the witness is the thing that speaks. Curtis v Bradley, 65 Conn 99, 31 A 591.

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