[Dr. Sivana]

Show me from the link where what you say is true.

None of this has anything to do with the definition of "firsthand".

In any event, I will cite my print edition of Black's Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, on a basic principle of law called "best evidence", since my FIRSTHAND experience in an actual courtroom wasn't sufficient for you.

Best evidence. Primary evidence, as ddistinguished from secondary; original, as distinguished from substitutionary; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible, not the highest or strongest evidence which the nature of the thing to be proved admits of. A written instrument is itself always regaarded as the primary or best possible evidence of its existence and contents; a copy, or the recollection of a witness, would be secondary evidence." Best evidence rule. The "best evidence rule" prohibits the introduction into evidence of secondary evidence unless it has been shown that the original document has been lost or destroyed or is beyond the jurisdiction of court without fault of the offering party; if original document is lost, then secondary evidence is properly admissible.

[philman_36]

Sidestep.

[philman_36]

...my FIRSTHAND experience in an actual courtroom wasn't sufficient for you.

Was it Pro Se?

[philman_36]

You didn’t give the definition of firsthand, you gave one for “Best evidence” and “Best evidence rule”.

[philman_36]

There is no result for firsthand (use search) in Black's,
but there is one for first-hand and evidence pops up right with it. the evidence that results from seeing an event or being part of an event.

Seeing something in REAL TIME.