Chapter: Disqualifications from Testimony and the Required Number of Witnesses

The testimony of lineal relatives—ascendants and descendants—on behalf of one another is inadmissible, and likewise the testimony of either spouse in favor of the other, although testimony is accepted against them. It is also rejected from anyone who would thereby obtain a personal benefit or avert1 personal harm, and from an enemy against his enemy, such as a person testifying against someone who had falsely accused him of fornication.