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    This document is a direct examination script for a witness in a civil case. It outlines the questions the counsel will ask the witness to establish: 1) the witness executed a judicial affidavit for the case; 2) the affidavit and attached exhibits are authentic; and 3) the witness affirms the statements in the affidavit are truthful. The counsel will then move to admit the affidavit and exhibits into evidence and rest its case.

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    This document is a direct examination script for a witness in a civil case. It outlines the questions the counsel will ask the witness to establish: 1) the witness executed a judicial affidavit for the case; 2) the affidavit and attached exhibits are authentic; and 3) the witness affirms the statements in the affidavit are truthful. The counsel will then move to admit the affidavit and exhibits into evidence and rest its case.

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    This document is a direct examination script for a witness in a civil case. It outlines the questions the counsel will ask the witness to establish: 1) the witness executed a judicial affidavit for the case; 2) the affidavit and attached exhibits are authentic; and 3) the witness affirms the statements in the affidavit are truthful. The counsel will then move to admit the affidavit and exhibits into evidence and rest its case.

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    This document is a direct examination script for a witness in a civil case. It outlines the questions the counsel will ask the witness to establish: 1) the witness executed a judicial affidavit for the case; 2) the affidavit and attached exhibits are authentic; and 3) the witness affirms the statements in the affidavit are truthful. The counsel will then move to admit the affidavit and exhibits into evidence and rest its case.

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    DIRECT EXAMINATION SCRIPT – CIV

    COUNSEL (APPEARANCE): Good morning/afternoon, Your Honor. Atty. _____


    respectfully appearing as counsel for the Plaintiff/Defendant.
    COUNSEL: Your Honor, the purposes for the offer of testimony of the witness is
    already stated in his/her Judicial Affidavit filed with this Honorable Court
    on __________ and we would like to adopt the same.
    COUNSEL: Mr./Ms. Witness, do you recall having executed a Judicial Affidavit in
    relation to this case?
    WITNESS: Yes, sir.
    COUNSEL: If I show it to you, would you be able to recognize it?
    WITNESS: Yes, sir.
    COUNSEL: I’m showing to you a document consisting of ___ pages, is this the
    same document you are referring to as your Judicial Affidavit?
    WITNESS: Yes, sir.
    COUNSEL: In page ___ hereof, there is a signature above the name *name of
    witness*, whose signature is this Mr./Ms. Witness?
    WITNESS: That is my signature, sir.
    COUNSEL: Your Honor, we would like to request that this Judicial Affidavit be
    marked as our Exhibit A, and his/her signature be bracketed and sub-
    marked as Exhibit A-1.
    COUNSEL: Now Mr./Ms. Witness, you attached several documents in your
    Judicial Affidavit, marked as Exhibits B to C, I’m showing you once again
    your Judicial Affidavit, are these documents attached to the Judicial
    Affidavit the same you attached and identified?
    WITNESS: Yes, sir
    COUNSEL: Your Honor, we would like to manifest that we are adopting the
    markings of the documentary exhibits as stated in the Judicial Affidavit.
    COUNSEL: Now Mr./Ms. Witness, do you affirm and confirm the truthfulness
    and veracity of all the statements you made in your Judicial Affidavit?
    WITNESS: Yes, sir.
    COUNSEL: And do you affirm that all the documentary exhibits attached to the
    Judicial Affidavit are faithful reproductions of the originals?
    WITNESS: Yes, sir.
    COUNSEL: With that, Your Honor, we move that the Judicial Affidavit be
    adopted in lieu of his/her direct testimony.
    FORMAL OFFER OF EXHIBITS
    COUNSEL: Plaintiff/Defendant _________, by counsel, and unto this Honorable
    Court, formally offers the hereunder pieces of evidence duly identified and
    described, with the corresponding purposes:

    Exhibits/Documents Purpose/s
    Exhibit “A” and “A-1” – To prove that _________.
    Judicial Affidavit and
    Signature of Mr./Ms. To prove that _________.
    *Witness*.
    To prove that _________.
    Exhibit “B” – To prove that _________.
    Exhibit “C” – To prove that _________.

    COUNSEL: We move that all documentary exhibits be admitted, and with the
    admission of the foregoing documentary exhibits, together with the
    testimony of its witness, the Plaintiff/Defendant formally rests its case.

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