What are the six situations in which secondary evidence of the contents of a writing may be introduced?

What will be an ideal response?


The six situations in which secondary evidence of the contents of a writing may be introduced are when the original writing: (1) has been lost or unintentionally destroyed; (2) is unobtainable by any available judicial process or procedure; (3) is in the possession of an adverse party and after a notice to produce it, the adverse party has failed to do so; (4) is in the custody of a public officer; (5) relates to a collateral matter; and (6) is voluminous and cannot be examined without a great loss of time, making a summary of the writing's contents sufficient.

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