What is primary and secondary evidence?

Primary Evidence Secondary Evidence. 1) Primary Evidence is original document which is presented to the court for its inspection. Secondary Evidence is the document which is not original document but those documents which are mentioned in Section.

What is a primary source of evidence?

Primary sources are documents, images or artifacts that provide firsthand testimony or direct evidence concerning an historical topic under research investigation. The same document, or other piece of evidence, may be a primary source in one investigation and secondary in another.

What is a secondary source of evidence?

Secondary sources describe, summarize, or discuss information or details originally presented in another source; meaning the author, in most cases, did not participate in the event. Examples of a secondary source are: Publications such as textbooks, magazine articles, book reviews, commentaries, encyclopedias, almanacs.