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"There 4,7 . -rresumption as to dOCll- mellt8 Ulirty years old Evidence of terms of contracts, gr:tlits [Lnd other disposi- tious of pro- perty reduced to form of Jocument. 1!}oidence. l ACfl' f 90, 'Vhere any document, purporting or proved to be thirty years old, is produced from any custody which the Court in the particular case considers proper, the Court may presume that the signature and every other 11artofsuch document, which purports to be in the hand- writing ofany particular person, is in that person's hand- .writing, and, in the case of a documen~ executed 01' attested, .that it was duly executed and attested by the persons by whom it purports to be executed and ,,- attested. ' Explanation.-Documents are said to be in proper custody if they are in the place in which, and under the Qa,reof the person with whom, they would natul'- all~,be; but no custody is improper if it is }>'0ved. to ha-;rehad a legitimate origin, or if the circumstances of the particular case are such as to render such an " origin probable. l'his explanation applies also to section eighty-o~e. Illustrations. (a.) A has been in possession of landed property for a long' , tir)1e. He produces from his custody deeds relating to the land showing his titles to it. The custody is proper. (6.) A produces deeds relaiing to landed property of which he is the mortgagee. The mortgagor is in possession. The custody is propel'. (0.) J.\., a connection of B, produces deeds relating to lands in B's possession, which were deposited with him by B for safe custody. The custody is proper. CHAPT:ER VI.-OF THE EXCLUSIOK OF ORAL BY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE.