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Relevancy and admissibility

Relevancy and admissibility, the expressions 'relevancy and admissibility' are used as synonyms but their legal implications are distinct and different for more often than not facts which are relevant may not be admissible, for example, communication made by spouses during marriage or between an Advocate and his client though relevant are not admissible; so also facts which are admissible may not be relevant, for example, questions permitted to be put in cross-examination to test the veracity or impeach the credit of witnesses, though not relevant are admissible. The probative value of the evidence is the weight to be given to it which has to be judged having regard to the facts and circumstances of each case, Ram Bihari Yadav v. State of Bihar, (1998) 4 SCC 517: AIR 1998 SC 1850 (1852). [Evidence Act, (10 of 1872), s. 3]...

Relevancy

Relevancy. In Scots law the relevancy is the justice or sufficiency in law of the allegations of a party. A plea to the relevancy is therefore analogous to the demurrer of the English courts....

Relevant market

Relevant market, means the market which may be determined by the Commission with reference to the relevant product market or the relevant geographic market or with reference to both the markets. [Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), s. 2(r)]...

relevance

relevance : the quality or state of being relevant : relation to the matter at hand [ruled on the of the testimony] [ in discovery has been broadly interpreted] ...

relevancy

relevancy pl: -cies : relevance ...

relevant

relevant 1 : tending logically to prove or disprove a fact of consequence or to make the fact more or less probable and thereby aiding the trier of fact in making a decision [determined that the evidence was ] ;also : having a bearing on or reasonably calculated to lead to a matter that bears on any issue in a case for purposes of pretrial discovery see also relevant evidence at evidence 2 : having significant and demonstrable bearing on facts or issues [was not a case] ...

Constable, relevant (aerodrome)

Constable, relevant (aerodrome), means any constable under the direction and control of the chief officer of police for the relevant police area; Aviation Security Act, 1982, s. 31(1) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 1239, p. 606....

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