dying declaration

dying declaration
dying declaration see declaration 2c

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

dying declaration
in the law of evidence, an exception to the hearsay rule in England whereby the oral or written statement of a dying person may be used in evidence at the trial of a person for his murder if he would have been a competent witness himself. To be effective, the maker must have been in hopeless expectation of his death. Its basis is that the person being so near death is unlikely to lie when he is so soon to come before a higher court. In more secular times, the fact that the statement cannot be contradicted should perhaps suggest the weight accorded to it might not be as great as once was the case.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


dying declaration
A statement by someone who believes he or she is about to die, relating to the cause or circumstances of that condition. A dying declaration is an exception to the hearsay rule under the Federal Rules of Evidence. In a trial for murder, for example, a witness may be allowed to testify that the victim said, "Frank shot me" while bleeding to death in the street.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


dying declaration
A statement by a person who is conscious and knows that death is imminent concerning what he or she believes to be the cause or circumstances of death that can be introduced into evidence during a trial in certain cases.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


dying declaration
A statement by a person who is conscious and knows that death is imminent concerning what he or she believes to be the cause or circumstances of death that can be introduced into evidence during a trial in certain cases.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

dying declaration
n.
   the statement of a mortally injured person who is aware he/she is about to die, telling who caused the injury and possibly the circumstances ("Frankie shot me"). Although hearsay since the dead person cannot testify in person, it is admissible on the theory that a dying person has no reason not to tell the truth.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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