This document contains a list of 79 potential objections that can be raised during evidence and trial in legal proceedings. The objections cover a wide range of issues related to improper or inadmissible evidence, questioning, witnesses, and trial procedures. Some of the more common objections listed include questions calling for hearsay, questions that have already been asked and answered, questions lacking proper foundation, and questions that are ambiguous, argumentative, compound, leading, or call for speculation.
This document contains a list of 79 potential objections that can be raised during evidence and trial in legal proceedings. The objections cover a wide range of issues related to improper or inadmissible evidence, questioning, witnesses, and trial procedures. Some of the more common objections listed include questions calling for hearsay, questions that have already been asked and answered, questions lacking proper foundation, and questions that are ambiguous, argumentative, compound, leading, or call for speculation.
This document contains a list of 79 potential objections that can be raised during evidence and trial in legal proceedings. The objections cover a wide range of issues related to improper or inadmissible evidence, questioning, witnesses, and trial procedures. Some of the more common objections listed include questions calling for hearsay, questions that have already been asked and answered, questions lacking proper foundation, and questions that are ambiguous, argumentative, compound, leading, or call for speculation.
This document contains a list of 79 potential objections that can be raised during evidence and trial in legal proceedings. The objections cover a wide range of issues related to improper or inadmissible evidence, questioning, witnesses, and trial procedures. Some of the more common objections listed include questions calling for hearsay, questions that have already been asked and answered, questions lacking proper foundation, and questions that are ambiguous, argumentative, compound, leading, or call for speculation.
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LIST OF OBJECTIONS
EVIDENCE & TRIAL TECHNIQUES
1. Questions calls for act or declaration of conspirator
2. Questions calls for act or declaration of partner, agent, etc. 3. Questions calls for act or declaration or omission of privies 4. Questions calls for act or declaration or omission of third party 5. Objection to improper admission of additional evidence 6. Objection to improper admission of admissions 7. Objection to admission of affidavits in lieu of testimony 8. Question is ambiguous 9. Objection to witness arguing with opposing counsel 10.Question is argumentative 11.Question has been asked and answered 12.Question is violative of the best evidence rule 13.Question calls for categorical answer without explanation 14.Objection to use of circumstantial evidence without proper basis 15.Questions calls for collateral matters 16.Question calls for common reputation without preliminary facts 17.Objection to competency of survivor witness 18.Objection to competency of witness 19.Objection to competency of judge 20.Question is compound 21.Question calls for offer of compromise 22.Question calls for conclusion 23.Objection to improper admission of confession against declarant 24.Objection to admission of confession against co-accused 25.Objection to evidence contradicting or providing admitted facts 26.Objection to improper cross examination 27.Question calls for declaration against interest 28.Question calls for declaration about pedigree 29.Objection to demeaning treatment of witness 30.Objection to improper admission of deposition 31.Objection to improper discharge of co-accused 32.Objection to admission of altered document 33.Objection to improper admission of entries in the course of business 34.Objection to improper admission of entries in official records 35.Objection to examination of a witness of a party by a co-party/co-accused 36.Objection to improper proof of written foreign law 37.Objection to improper proof of unwritten foreign law 38.Objection to evidence without foundation having been laid 39.Question is too general 40.Objection to presentation of further evidence 41.Question is hypothetical 42.Objection to illegally obtained evidence 43.Question calls for improper impeachment of adversed partys witness 44.Question is leading 45.Question is misleading 46.Question calls for admission of learned treatise without proper basis 47.Question misquotes a witness 48.Objection to misconduct of counsel 49.Objection to evidence of moral character on parties in civil cases 50.Question calls for narrative answer 51.Question calls for new matters on re-cross examination 52.Question calls for new matters in redirect examination 53.Objection to witness referring to notes 54.Question calls for improper presentation of notarial documents 55.Objection to improper offer of documentary evidence 56.Objection to improper presentation of object evidence 57.Objection to postponement of trial in criminal case 58.Objection to change in the order of trial 59.Objection to change in order of examination of witnesses 60.Objection to oral evidence 61.Question calls for privileged communication between attorney and client 62.Question calls for privileged communication between spouses 63.Question calls for privileged confession of penitent to priest 64.Question calls for privileged information on bank deposits 65.Question calls for privileged information to newspaperman 66.Question calls for privileged information between patient and physician 67.Question calls for privileged official communications 68.Objection to admission of private writings 69.Objection to improper admission of public document 70.Objection to recall of witness 71.Objection to answer which is not responsive 72.Question calls for improper admission of res gestae 73.Objection to presentation of secondary evidence 74.Objection to self-serving statement 75.Objection to separate trial 76.Question calls for speculation 77.Objection to trial of accused without preparation 78.Objection to variance between evidence introduced and offense charged 79.Objection to withdrawal of evidence