In Lithuanian law there are documents that are issued by a public authority or authorized persons and the authenticity of which relates to the signature and the content of the document. Though the notion of “authentic instrument” is not used. According to the Code of Civil Procedure of Lithuania (article 197), documents issued by state and municipal authorities, approved by other authorised persons of the state, within the limits of their competence and in accordance with the requirements of the form prescribed by the relevant documents, are considered as official written evidence and have greater probative value. The circumstances indicated in the official written evidence are considered fully proven, until they are denied of other evidence, other than testimony of witnesses.
2. In your legal system, does the authentic instrument have enhanced probative value? What are the rules that provide that?
