Hearsay exceptions
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 11 U.S. 290 - Mima Queen and Childs for Freedom v. Hepburn · 1813Most cited · 118 citing opinions
To this rule there are some exceptions which are said to be as old as the rule itself. These are cases of pedigree, of prescription, of custom, and in some cases of boundary. There are also matters of general and public history which may be received without that full proof which is necessary for the establishment of a private fact.
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