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Grounds For Objection

The document lists common grounds for objecting to questions asked of a witness in court, including objections that a question is ambiguous, argumentative, asks information already provided, assumes facts not evidenced, badgers the witness, goes beyond the scope of previous questions, calls for a conclusion rather than facts, speculation rather than facts, contains multiple questions, relies on hearsay, or the witness is not competent to answer.

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Grounds For Objection

The document lists common grounds for objecting to questions asked of a witness in court, including objections that a question is ambiguous, argumentative, asks information already provided, assumes facts not evidenced, badgers the witness, goes beyond the scope of previous questions, calls for a conclusion rather than facts, speculation rather than facts, contains multiple questions, relies on hearsay, or the witness is not competent to answer.

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GROUNDS FOR

OBJECTION

 Ambiguous, confusing, misleading, vague, and unintelligible:


the question is not clear and precise enough for the witness to properly
answer.

 Argumentative: the question makes an argument rather than asking a


question.

 Asked and answered: when the same attorney continues to ask the
same question and they have already received an answer.

 Assumes facts not in evidence: the question assumes something as


true for which no evidence has been shown.

 Badgering: counsel is antagonizing the witness in order to provoke a


response, either by asking questions without giving the witness an
opportunity to answer or by openly mocking the witness.

 Beyond the scope: A question asked during cross-examination has to be


within the scope of direct, and so on.

 Calls for a conclusion: the question asks for an opinion rather than
facts.

 Calls for speculation: the question asks the witness to guess the
answer rather than to rely on known facts.

 Compound question: multiple questions asked together.

 Hearsay: the witness does not know the answer personally but heard it
from another. However, there are several exceptions to the rule against
hearsay.

 Incompetent: the witness is not qualified to answer the question.

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