Self-Regarding Evidence
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Evidence which either serves or disserves the party is so called. This species of evidence is either self-serving (which is not in general receivable), or self -disserving, which is invariably receivable, as being an admission against the party offering it, and that either in court or out of court. Brown.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Evidence resulting from the conduct or language of the party offering it or that of his witness.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Evidence which either serves or disserves the party ls so called. This species of evidence is either self-serving (which is not in general receivable) or self-disserving, which is in-varisbly receivable, as being an admission against the party offering it, and that either In court or out of ceurt. Brown.