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Admission by silence

She has chosen to stay silent despite due and constant notice from the
plaintiff to pay her obligation; thus, the silence of the defendant is
considered an admission which may also be used as evidence against
her; the Rules on Evidence under the Revised Rules of Court reads, to wit:

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Rule 130, Section 32: Admission by silence.—An act or


declaration made in the presence and within the hearing
or observation of a party who does or says nothing when
the act or declaration is such as naturally to call for an
action or comment if not true, and when proper and
possible for him to do so, may be given in evidence
against him.

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