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SECTION 208. Lists to be placed with clerk... 209. Duty of clerk; jury boxes.... 210. Regular jurors to serve one year. 211. Jurors to be drawn from boxes.

ARTICLE IV.

OF DRAWING JURORS FOR COURTS OF RECORD.

SECTION 214. Order of judge or judges for drawing of jury.

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215. Sheriff to be notified..

216. Repealed...

217. Repealed.......

218. Repealed........

219. Drawing, how conducted..

220. Preservation of ballots..

ARTICLE V.

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OF SUMMONING JURORS FOR COURTS OF RECORD.

SECTION 225. Sheriff to summon jurors, how.....

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226. Of drawing and summoning jurors to attend forthwith... 473
227. Of summoning jurors to complete a panel.
228. Compensation of elisor..

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SECTION 241. Grand jury, when to be impaneled..

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SECTION 246. Clerk to call list of jurors summoned, etc.. 247. Manner of impaneling prescribed in Part II..

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ARTICLE XI.

OF IMPANELING TRIAL JURIES IN COURTS NOT OF RECORD.

SECTION 250. Proceedings in forming jury in courts not of record...... 476

251. How impaneled....

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601. Challenges. Each party entitled to four peremptory chal

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608. Charge to the jury. Court must furnish in writing, upon

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616. When prevented from giving verdict, the cause may be

again tried.......

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617. While jury are absent, court may adjourn from time to time. Sealed verdict....

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618. Verdict, how declared. Form of. Polling the jury.
619. Proceedings when verdict is informal...

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ARTICLE III.

THE VERDICT.

SECTION 624. General and special verdicts defined....

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625. When a general or special verdict may be rendered...... 481 626. Verdict in actions for recovery of money or on establishing counter claim....

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627. Verdict in actions for the recovery of specific personal

property..

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628. Entry of verdict.

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CONTEMPTS.

CHAPTER X.

CONTEMPTS IN JUSTICES' COURTS.

SECTION 906. Contempts a justice may punish for

907. Proceedings for contempts...

908. Same....

909. Punishments for contempts..

910. The conviction must be entered in the docket.

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TITLE V.

OF CONTEMPTS.

SECTION 1209. What acts or omissions are contempts

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1210. Re-entry on property after eviction, when a contempt... 485
1211. A contempt committed in the presence of the court may

be punished summarily. When not so committed an
affidavit or statement shall be made.............

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1212. A warrant of attachment may issue or a notice to show

cause.

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1213. Bail may be given by a person arrested under such war-
rant....

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1214. Sheriff must, upon executing the warrant, arrest and de-
tain the person until discharged..

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1215. Bail bond, form and conditions of

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1216. Officer must return warrant and undertaking, if any

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1217. Hearing.....

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1218. Judgment and penalty, if guilty...

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1219. If the contempt is the omission to perform any act, the

person may be imprisoned until performance...

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1220. If a party fail to appear, proceedings

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1221. Illness sufficient cause for non-appearance of party ar

rested. Confinement under arrests for contempt..... 486 1222. Judgment and orders in such cases final..

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SECTION 1826. The degree of certainty required to establish facts

1827. Four kinds of evidence specified.

1828. Several degrees of evidence specified..

1829. Primary evidence defined...

1830. Secondary evidence defined.

1831. Direct evidence defined
1832. Indirect evidence defined.
1833. Prima facie evidence defined.

1834. Partial evidence defined..
1835. Satisfactory evidence defined
1836. Indispensable evidence defined
1837. Conclusive evidence defined.
1838. Cumulative evidence defined.
1839. Corroborative evidence defined.

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TITLE I.

OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE.

SECTION 1844. One witness sufficient to prove a fact...

1845. Testimony confined to personal knowledge..
1846. Testimony to be in presence of persons affected..
1847. Witness presumed to speak the truth...
1848. One person not affected by acts of another..
1849. Declarations of predecessor in title evidence..
1850. Declarations which are a part of the transaction
1851. Evidence relating to third person ....

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1852. Declaration of decedent, evidence of pedigree..

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1853. Declaration of decedent evidence against his successor in

interest......

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1854. When part of a transaction proved, the whole is admissible....

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1855. Contents of writing, how proved..

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1856. An agreement reduced to writing deemed the whole....
1857. Construction of language relates to place where used.. .. 493
1858. Construction of statutes and instruments, general rule... 493
1859. The intention of the legislature or parties...
1860. The circumstances to be considered...

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1861. Terms to be construed in their general acceptation...... 493
1862. Written words control those printed in a blank form....
1863. Persons skilled may testify to decipher characters.

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1864. Of two constructions, which preferred...........

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1865. A written instrument construed as understood by parties. 494

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IV. Material objects presented to the senses other than writings 509
V. Indirect evidence, inferences and presumptions..

VI. Indispensable evidence....

VII. Conclusive and unanswerable evidence.

CHAPTER I.

KNOWLEDGE Of the Court.

SECTION 1875. Certain facts of general notoriety assumed to be true.

Specification of such facts

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CHAPTER II.
WITNESSES.

SECTION 1878. Witnesses defined

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1879. All persons capable of perception and communication may
be witnesses

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SECTION 1892. Every citizen entitled to inspect and copy public writings. 500

1893. Public officers bound to give copies....

1894. Four kinds of public writings..

1895. Laws, written or unwritten..

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