CLJ 3A Q.6

These are made in the performance of his duty by a public officer of the Philippines or by a person in the performance of a duty specially enjoined by law are prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.

• Entries made in the course of business

• Entries in official records

• Commercial lists and the like

• Learned treaties

These are assertions of facts by a witness based on his own personal perception but the witness was not subjected to the opportunity for cross examination.

• In-Court-Hearsay Statement

• Out-Court-Hearsay Statement

• Past-Court-Hearsay Statement

• Present-Court-Hearsay Statement

These refer to statements or declarations by third persons which are being used or referred to by a witness in order to prove a fact.

• In-Court-Hearsay- Statement

• Out-Court-Statement

• Hearsay

• Statement

A statement not specifically covered by any of the foregoing exceptions, having equivalent circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness, is admissible if the court.

• Hearsay statement

• Residual exceptions

• Facts

• Opinions

Testimony based on this source is admissible so long as it is relevant and they are what the rules desire to be testified upon.

• Opinions

• Facts

• Hearsay

• Conclusions

The declaration made under the consciousness of an impending death, may be received in any case wherein his or her death is the subject of inquiry, as evidence of the cause and surrounding circumstances of such death.

• Dying declaration

• Declaration against interest

• Declaration about pedigree

• Part of the res gestae

It is a statement other than one made by the declarant while testifying at a trial or hearing, offered to prove the truth of the facts asserted therein.

• Hearsay

• Fact

• Truth

• Statement

It is an oral or written assertion or a non-verbal conduct of a person, if it is intended by him or her as an assertion.

• Hearsay

• Facts

• Statement

• Declaration

These refer to any oral or written declaration or conduct by a person which is against his interest provided the person is already dead or unable to testify.

• Dying declaration

• Declaration against interest

• Declaration about pedigree

• Part of res gestae

This refers to the knowledge or beliefs of a certain family handed from one generation to another, or to practices or customs which are consistently observed or engaged in by said family.

• Dying declaration

• Declaration against interest

• Declaration about pedigree

• Proof by family reputation or tradition