ON THE

LAW OF EVIDENCE.

BY

SIMON GREENLEAF, LL.D.

Quorsum enim sacræ leges inventæ et sancitæ fuere, nisi ut ex ipsarum justitia unicuique jus suum tribuatur? - MUSCARDUS EX ULPIAN.

VOL. II.

FOURTEENTH EDITION,

REVISED, WITH LARGE ADDITIONS,

BY

SIMON GREENLEAF CROSWELL.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1883.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858,

By JAMES GReenleaf,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863,
By JAMES GReenleaf,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866,
By MRS. JAMES GREENLEAF,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876,
By C. K. FULLER AND C. A. CROSWELL,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883,
By C. K. FULler,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

UNIVERSITY PRESS:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS.

PART IV.

OF THE EVIDENCE REQUISITE IN CERTAIN PARTICULAR

ACTIONS AND ISSUES AT COMMON LAW.