For judgments involving boundaries or general history, the admissibility requires the matter to be what?

• A. Essential to the judgment and provable by reputation
• B. Irrelevant to the judgment
• C. Only proven by direct evidence
• D. Be introduced by the prosecutor

Answer: (A)

When proving boundaries or general history for a judgment, the evidence must be truly necessary to decide the case and it can be shown by the community’s reputation. In land disputes, exact documents or surveys aren’t always available or sufficient, so what the local people know and accept about where a boundary has stood or what historical facts are generally understood becomes usable proof. This reputation-based proof helps the court rely on a settled understanding that’s credible in the community, provided it is essential to reaching the decision.

So, the admissibility isn’t about being irrelevant, not limited to direct evidence, or tied to who is presenting it. Rather, it’s about necessity to decide the issue and the possibility of proving the matter by reputation.