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It covers competency-to-testify issues (such as lack of personal knowledge, insufficient expertise, and inability to understand or communicate), the sole objection to a witness’s answer, and the ten objections to the form of questions during deposition and examination. 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Does not understand duty to tell the truth EC 701  \u003Cbr>EC 702  \u003Cbr>Lacks personal knowledge   |\n\n\n| 路M帮子  \u003Cbr>数Piotected Communications   |\n| --- |\n| EC 954  \u003Cbr>Attorney-client  \u003Cbr>Self-incrimination  \u003Cbr>EC 940  \u003Cbr>EC 994  \u003Cbr>Physician-patient  \u003Cbr>EC 1014  \u003Cbr>Psycotherapist-patient  \u003Cbr>EC 1060  \u003Cbr>Trade secret  \u003Cbr>Mediation  \u003Cbr>EC 1119  \u003Cbr>Settlement  \u003Cbr>EC 1152   |\n\n\n| Form of Queston   |\n| --- |\n| EC 765  \u003Cbr>Ambiguous  \u003Cbr>EC 765  \u003Cbr>Argumentative  \u003Cbr>Asked and answered  \u003Cbr>765  \u003Cbr>EC  \u003Cbr>Assumes facts not proved or admitted  \u003Cbr>765  \u003Cbr>EC  \u003Cbr>Beyond the scope of prior examination  \u003Cbr>EC 773  \u003Cbr>Calls for speculation  \u003Cbr>EC 702  \u003Cbr>EC 765  \u003Cbr>Compound  \u003Cbr>EC 767  \u003Cbr>Leading on direct  \u003Cbr>EC 765  \u003Cbr>Misquotes the witness   |\n\n\n| Other Objections   |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| EC 350  \u003Cbr>Irrelevant evidence  \u003Cbr>EC 352  \u003Cbr>Cumulative or unduly prejudicial  \u003Cbr>EC 2022  \u003Cbr>Evidence by eavesdropping  \u003Cbr>Misconduct during marriage  \u003Cbr>EC 2335  \u003Cbr>Parole evidence  \u003Cbr>EC 1856  \u003Cbr>EC 786  \u003Cbr>Improper impeachment  \u003Cbr>EC 786.  \u003Cbr>Improper rehabilitation   |  |\n\n| 不   北多7  \u003Cbr>earsay Exceptions   |\n| --- |\n| EC 1220  \u003Cbr>Admission by party opponent  \u003Cbr>EC 1235  \u003Cbr>Prior inconsistent statement  \u003Cbr>EC 1240  \u003Cbr>Spontaneous statement  \u003Cbr>EC 1241  \u003Cbr>Contemporaneous statement  \u003Cbr>Exisiting state of mind  \u003Cbr>EC 1250  \u003Cbr>EC 1271  \u003Cbr>Business records  \u003Cbr>Official records  \u003Cbr>EC 1280  \u003Cbr>EC 1291  \u003Cbr>Former testimony  \u003Cbr>Family history  \u003Cbr>EC 1311  \u003Cbr>Statement in deed or will  \u003Cbr>EC 1330   |\n\n\n| Wniungs     L  \u003Cbr>爱   |\n| --- |\n| EC 1401  \u003Cbr>No authentication  \u003Cbr>EC 1521  \u003Cbr>Improper secondary evidence   |\n\n\n| kxpertOpinion Testaug   |\n| --- |\n| EC 702  \u003Cbr>Lack of qualification  \u003Cbr>EC 801  \u003Cbr>Improper basis for opinion  \u003Cbr>EC 723  \u003Cbr>Cumulative experts   |\n\n# EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS\n\nTHE FOUR OBJECTION TOA WITNESS  \n1.A percipient witness lacks sufficient personal knowledge  \n2.An expert witness lacks sufficient expertise  \n3.A witness is incapable of understanding the duty to tell the truth  \n4.The witness is incapable of expressing him/herself so as to be understood  \n# THE SOLE OBJECTION TOA WITNESS'ANSWER\n\n1.The answer is non-responsive  \n# THE TEN OBJECTIONS TO THE FORM OF THE QUESTION\n\n1.*Leading(during direct examination only)  \n2.*Calls for a narrative response  \n3.*Too general  \n4.*Ambiguous  \n5.*Compound  \n6.*Calls for speculation  \n7.*Asked and answered  \n\n| *DEPOSITION TIP:  \u003Cbr>if you don't make one of  \u003Cbr>these 11 objections  \u003Cbr>during deposition,you  \u003Cbr>have WAIVED it   |\n| --- |\n\n8.*Argumentative  \n9.*Misquotes a witness  \n10.*Assumes facts not in evidence  \n# THE TWELVE OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE\n\n1.Insufficient foundation  \n2.Hearsay  \n3.*Privilege/work product  \n4.Irrelevant  \n5.Improper impeachment  \n6.Improper rehabilitation  \n7.Inadmissible opinion  \n8.Inadmissible parol evidence  \n9.Evidence Code section 352  \n10.Beyond scope of preceding examination  \n11.Illegally-obtained evidence  \n12.Other objections (e.g.,settlement offer,privacy right)  \nC  \nC","cbCaifClhEssn97e","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifClhEssn97e","pdf",141422,"English","# Objections to a Witness\n## Competency to Testify\n## Objection to a Witness’s Answer\n## Objections to the Form of the Question\n## Objections to Evidence","[{\"question\":\"What are the main competency-to-testify objections?\",\"answer\":\"The document lists four: the percipient witness lacks sufficient personal knowledge, the expert witness lacks 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