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adj.Describes a statement or admission that is disadvantageous to the person making it.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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against interest — Commonly used to describe a declaration or admission by one, the content of which is adverse to his position, interest or title; e.g., an exception to hearsay rule is a declaration by one against his pecuniary or proprietary interest at the time… … Black's law dictionary
against interest — Commonly used to describe a declaration or admission by one, the content of which is adverse to his position, interest or title; e.g., an exception to hearsay rule is a declaration by one against his pecuniary or proprietary interest at the time… … Black's law dictionary
against interest — See declaration against interest … Ballentine's law dictionary
declaration against interest — see declaration 2c Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. declaration against interest … Law dictionary
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admission against interest — An admission against interest is an exception to the hearsay rule which allows someone to testify to a statement by another person that reveals something incriminating, embarassing, or otherwise damaging to the maker of the statement. Category:… … Law dictionary
Declarations against interest — are an exception to the rule on hearsay in which a person s statement may be used, where generally the content of the statement is so prejudicial to the person making it that they would not have made the statement unless they believed the… … Wikipedia
interest — in·ter·est / in trəst; in tə rəst, ˌrest/ n [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter between, among + esse to be] 1: a right, title, claim … Law dictionary
declaration against interest — Simply, as the term implies, a statement against the interest of the declarant. 29 Am J2d Ev § 617 … Ballentine's law dictionary
interest — The most general term that can be employed to denote a right, claim, title, or legal share in something. In its application to real estate or things real, it is frequently used in connection with the terms estate, right, and title. More… … Black's law dictionary
