Dying Declarations
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Statements made by a person whe is lying at the point of death, and is conscious of his approaching dissolution, in reference to the manner in whieh he received the injuries of which he is dying, or other immediute cause of his death, and in reference to the person who inflicted such injuries or the connection with such injuries of a person who is charged or suspected of having committed them; which statements are admissible in evidence in a trial for homicide where the killing of the declarant is the crime charged to the defendant.