Hearsay - Law Dictionary Search Results
present sense impression
during or immediately after the time the event or condition was perceived ;also : an exception to the hearsay rule allowing such a statement to be entered as evidence that what was asserted in the statement is
statement
: an oral or written assertion (as by a witness) or conduct intended as an assertion see also hearsay, prior consistent statement, prior inconsistent statement 2 : a financial record or accounting
Residuum rule
Residuum rule, means the principle that an agency decision based partly on hearsay evidence will be upheld on judicial review only if the decision is founded on at least some competent
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Rape
particulars, may be given in evidence for the prosecution, not as evidence of the facts complained of (see HEARSAY EVIDENCE), but of the consistency of the conduct of the woman with the story told by her in
Pedigree
L.P. Act, 1925, s. 183 (1) (b); and see the Forgery Act, 1913. As to the admissibility of hearsay evidence in questions of pedigee, see Taylor on Evidence, s. 571; Hubback on Succession, p. 648; and see
Opinion
s. 50 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, means something more than mere retailing of gossip or of hearsay; it means judgment or belief, that is, a belief or a conviction resulting from what one thinks on
Dying declaration
declaration is admitted in evidence by way of an exception to the general rule against the admissibility of hearsay evidence, on the principle of necessity, Tapinder Singh v. State of Punjab, (1970) 2 SCC 113: AIR 1970
witness
provide testimony that forms the proper foundation for admission of evidence under the business records exception to the hearsay rule rebuttal witness : a witness called upon to rebut evidence already presented 3 : one who is
verbal act
verbal act : an utterance that is direct evidence (as of an offense) and not hearsay [the offer of drugs for sale was admissible as a verbal act]
testimony
a deposition) NOTE: Under Federal Rule of Evidence 804, former testimony is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule when the declarant is unavailable and if a predecessor in interest in a civil proceeding or the
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