List of Objectionable Questions

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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

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