Incompetent evidence

Evidence Which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence; evidence which the law does not permit to be presented at ali, or in relation to the particular matter, on account of lack of originality or of some defect in the witness, the document, or the nature of the evidence itself. Texas Brewing Co. v. Dickey (Tex. Civ. App.) 43 S. W. 578; Beil v. Bumstead, 60 Hun, 580, 14 N. Y. Supp. 607; Atkins v.' Blwell, 45 N. Y. 757; People v. Mullings, 83 Cal. 138, 23 Pac. 229, 17 Am. St. Rep. 223.

Defined under Evidence in Black's Law Dictionary.