COURSE OUTLINE: EVIDENCE

RULE 129

Section 1. Judicial Notice, When Mandatory Power to Take Judicial Notice Must Be Exercised with
Caution
Source
Section 3. Judicial Notice, When Hearing Necessary
In General
Source
Judicial Notice, Defined
Purpose of Hearing
Basis of Judicial Notice
Time When Judicial Notice May Be Taken
Kinds of Judicial Notice
Judicial Notice Taken During Trial Distinguished from
Application of the Rule on Judicial Notice Not That Taken After Trial But Before Judgment or On
Confined to Courts of Record Appeal

Matters Subject to Mandatory Judicial Notice Determination of Facts Subject of Judicial Notice

a. Territorial Extent
b. General History
c. Forms of Government of States Section 4. Judicial Admissions
d. Symbols of Nationality
e. Laws of Nations Source
f. Admiralty Courts and Their Seals
g. Political Constitution and History of the
Judicial and Extra-Judicial Admission, Defined
Philippines
h. Matters Relating to the Executive
Form of Judicial Admission
Department
i. Matters Relating to the Executive Conclusiveness of Judicial Admission
Department
j. Matters Relating to the Courts of Justice Admissions in Pleadings
k. Laws of Nature
l. Measure of Time
No Admission Arises When Defendant is Adjudged in
m. Geographical Divisions
Default

Bill of Particulars
Section 2. Judicial Notice, When Discretionary
Verified and Unverified Pleadings
Source
Admissions by Attorney
Matters Subject to Discretionary Judicial Notice
Admissions in Withdrawn, Superseded or Amended
a. Matters of Public Knowledge Pleading
b. Matters Capable of Unquestionable
Demonstration Admissions in Stipulation of Facts
c. Matters Ought to Be Known to Judges
Binding Effect of Stipulation of Facts
Because of Their Judicial Functions
Affidavits, Depositions and Testimony
Judicial Notice is Not Judicial Knowledge
Proof of Admission in Pleading, Affidavit or
Matters of Judicial Cognizance Need to Be Actually
Deposition
Known to the Judge
Compromise Agreement Judicial Admission of a Fact Distinguished from An
Admission that a Certain Witness, IF Called, Would so
Stipulation of Facts in Criminal Cases Testify