Excerpt from A Treatise on Discovery and Evidence by Bill and Answer, in Equity The founders of systems of judicial evidence have been compelled, at the outset of their undertakings, to elect between the principles of partial exclu sion and universal reception of testi mony. In adopting the first principle, they have attempted an estimate of the weight or proving power' of evidence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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