Idaho Code 9-314 – Compared Copy of Foreign Record — Admissibility in Evidence
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A copy of the judicial record of a foreign country is also admissible in evidence, upon proof:
1. That the copy offered has been compared by the witness with the original and is an exact transcript of the whole of it.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 9-314
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper, alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto; or, alternatively, the seal may be the mark of a rubber stamp providing substantially the same information as the impression. See Idaho Code 73-111
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
2. That such original was in the custody of the clerk of the court, or other legal keeper of the same; and
3. That the copy is duly attested by a seal which is proved to be the seal of the court where the record remains, if it be the record of a court, or if there be no such seal, or if it be not the record of a court, by the signature of the legal keeper of the original.