QDE Midterm Examination

Any material containing marks, symbols, or signs either visible, or partially visible that may present or ultimately convey a meaning to someone, maybe in the form of pencil, ink writing, typewriting, or printing on paper.

• Document

• Public Document

• Official Document

• Private Document

A document authenticated by a notary public or competent public official with solemnities required by law. (Cacnio vs. Baens, 5 Phil. 742)

• Document

• Public Document

• Official Document

• Private Document

It is issued by the government or its agents or its officers having the authority to do and the offices, which in accordance with their creation, they are authorized to issue and be issued in the performance of their duties.

• Document

• Public Document

• Official Document

• Private Document

Is executed by a private individual without the intervention of a notary public or of any person legally authorized, by which documents some disposition or agreement is proved, evidenced or set forth.

• Document

• Public Document

• Official Document

• Private Document

David is working on a project that involves a document executed in accordance with the Code of Commerce or a Mercantile Law, containing disposition of commercial rights or obligations.

• Commercial Document

• Public Document

• Official Document

• Private Document

A branch of FORENSIC SCIENCE which focuses on the analysis of documents which are disputed.

• Questioned Document

• Questioned Document Examination

• Questioned Document Identification

• Disputed Document

A legal term used to describe a witness who by reason of his special training or experience is permitted to express an opinion regarding the issue, or a certain aspect of the issue, which is involved in a court action.

• Expert Witness

• Ordinary Witness

• Eyewitness

• Private Witness

Refers to any change in the Document thereto. It is made either by adding, subtracting or altering the ingredients, or interlineating or inserting new character.

• Addition

• Alteration

• Subtraction

• Obliteration

It refers to any (word, letter, number, etc.) out, strikes out or scratched after its original preparation. It is occasionally found in a legal document such as a will, deed, or contract where the writer intends to eliminate a word, name, or sentence without the necessity of rewriting the entire matter.

• Addition

• Alteration

• Subtraction

• Obliteration

The process of covering up or erasing the original text to conceal it as an addition.

• Addition

• Alteration

• Subtraction

• Obliteration