5. Public Document
a document created, executed or issued by a public
official in response to the exigencies of the public
service, or in the execution of which a public official
intervened.
6. Official Document
a document which is issued by a public
official in the exercise of the functions of his
office.
7. Private Document
Every deed or instrument executed by a private
person without the intervention of a notary public or
any person legally authorized, by which the
documents some disposition or agreement is provide
evidenced or set forth.
8. Commercial Document
Any instrument defined and regulated by the Code of
Commerce or other commercial law.
9. Electronic Document
Exist only in electronic form such as date stored on a
computer network, back-up, archive, or other storage
media.
11. QUESTIONED DOCUMENT
Document is usually questioned because its origin,
its contents, or the circumstances and story
regarding its production, arouse serious suspicions
as to its genuineness, or it may be adversely
scrutinized simply because it displeases someone.
13. FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINER/QUESTIONED
DOCUMENT EXAMINER –
refers to persons who study all aspects of a document
to determine its authenticity, origin, handwriting,
photocopies, inks and papers.