{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:203","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Probative Value of Statements in Authentic and Private Instruments","number":"203","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/203/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE III — EVIDENCE","chapter":"Chapter 2. — Documentary Evidence"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"An authentic or private instrument provides, in respect of the statement by a party about which the instrument is intended to prove in favor of the opposite party, presumptive evidence between the parties of the truth of such statement, unless this could lead to a legal consequence that is not at the party’s disposal. The term “party” includes a singular or universal successor in so far as the relevant title was acquired after the instrument had been drawn up.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/203/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":121,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/121/?article=203&paragraph=lead#article-203-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the English-language edition published in 2015 and attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}