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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

As a general rule of Canadian evidence law, the previous out-of-court statements of a witness or victim are not to be the subject of testimony in court. In regard to statements by a child who is not called as a witness, any statements made by the child to others would normally be regarded as hearsay and therefore inadmissible. Although the general rules about the exclusion of previous consistent statements and hearsay are basically sound, they can be problematic when applied to cases involving children who are victims of abuse. Not infrequently in child abuse cases, the initial disclosures of abuse by the child to a parent or another trusted person are graphic and highly revealing. Conversely, if the accused argues that a child has been subject to improper coaching or interviewing to make the allegations, [an] inquiry into the circumstances in which the allegations were first made can be vitally important. As a result of these types of concerns Canadian judges have significantly liberalized the rules about admitting this type of evidence, making changes to the common law that in some other countries have been achieved by legislative reforms.  3, record 1, English, - victim%20of%20abuse

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

victime de maltraitance : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 1, French, - victime%20de%20maltraitance

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Traditionally, evidence on affidavit is only admissible where it is affirmed by oral evidence of the deponent, failing which it will be considered hearsay and as such will be inadmissible. Further, the accused may argue prejudice, against the use of affidavits, as he will not have an opportunity to cross examine the evidence in the affidavit.  6, record 2, English, - affidavit%20on%20evidence

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Témoignage transcrit volontairement dans un document fait sous serment servant de déclaration et qui peut être utilisé comme un élément de preuve au cours d'un procès civil ou criminel.  4, record 2, French, - t%C3%A9moignage%20par%20affidavit

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

In any proceedings of a court martial, a hearsay statement that has been made by a declarant, other than in the course of those proceedings or in the course of taking evidence taken on commission for that court martial.  1, record 3, English, - extra%2Djudicial%20statement

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Dans des procédures devant une cour martiale, déclaration sur la foi d'autrui faite par un déclarant, autrement que dans le cours desdites procédures ou dans le cours de la réception d'une preuve sur commission pour cette cour martiale.  1, record 3, French, - d%C3%A9claration%20extrajudiciaire

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[The] allegations, as well as other third-party comments, are generally inadmissible hearsay evidence.  1, record 4, English, - generally%20inadmissible%20hearsay%20evidence

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Il faut garder à l’esprit qu’une preuve, même inadmissible, peut être pertinente et admissible dans un autre contexte. Il suffit de penser par exemple à la preuve par ouï-dire, généralement inadmissible devant les tribunaux de droit commun mais admissible dans le contexte d’une commission d’enquête.  1, record 4, French, - preuve%20par%20ou%C3%AF%2Ddire%20g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ralement%20inadmissible

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Bowmans counsel objected to Smith s testimony, arguing that his statements constituted "non-verbal hearsay," improper lay testimony, and opinion testimony offered to prove an ultimate issue of fact.  1, record 5, English, - non%2Dverbal%20hearsay

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Hearsay in its most general and oldest meaning is a term used in the law of evidence to describe an out of court statement offered to establish the facts asserted in that statement. Hearsay is generally not admissible in common law courts because it is of suspect value, but there are many exceptions to this prohibition.  3, record 5, English, - non%2Dverbal%20hearsay

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Hearsay evidence is testimony in court, or written evidence of a statement made out of court, the statement being offered as an assertion to show the truth of matters asserted therein, and thus resting for its value upon the credibility of the out-of-court asserter.(McCormick, p. 584)  1, record 6, English, - hearsay%20evidence

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

preuve par ouï-dire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 6, French, - preuve%20par%20ou%C3%AF%2Ddire

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The possibility of admitting hearsay evidence where the declarant claims testimonial privilege is raised by the American Federal Rules. There the definition of "unavailable" includes a declarant who is "exempted by ruling of the court on the ground of privilege from testifying concerning the subject matter of his statement".(Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 132).  1, record 7, English, - testimonial%20privilege

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

privilège du témoin : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 7, French, - privil%C3%A8ge%20du%20t%C3%A9moin

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

While prior consistent statements are hearsay by the traditional view and inadmissible as substantive evidence, they have under that view nevertheless been allowed a limited admissibility for the purpose of supporting the credibility of a witness.(McCormick, p. 604)  1, record 8, English, - previous%20consistent%20statement

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

déclaration antérieure compatible : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 8, French, - d%C3%A9claration%20ant%C3%A9rieure%20compatible

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Some English and American commentators have defined hearsay evidence narrowly to include only evidence of a declarant's words or non-verbal conduct(a) which the declarant intended as an assertions of a particular matter, and(b) which the proponent of the evidence offers as proof of that matter.(Schiff, Evidence in the Litigation Process, 1978, p. 281)  1, record 9, English, - non%2Dverbal%20conduct

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

comportement non verbal : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 9, French, - comportement%20non%20verbal

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Hearsay evidence(whether spoken or written) is... not as a rule admitted.(Jowitt's, p. 895)  1, record 10, English, - hearsay%20rule

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

règle du ouï-dire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 10, French, - r%C3%A8gle%20du%20ou%C3%AF%2Ddire

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Hearsay evidence would be admissible only when the testimony of the original declarant cannot be obtained.(Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 149)  1, record 11, English, - hearsay%20declarant

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

déclarant originaire : terme spécifique qui désigne la personne dont la déclaration est répétée dans le cadre d'un ouï-dire.  1, record 11, French, - d%C3%A9clarant%20originaire

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS

déclarant originaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 11, French, - d%C3%A9clarant%20originaire

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

By a "first-hand" hearsay statement is meant a statement made by a. and proved... by the production of the document in which he made it, or by the direct oral evidence of a witness who heard him make it.(Cross, p. 485)  1, record 12, English, - first%2Dhand%20hearsay

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

ouï-dire simple : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 12, French, - ou%C3%AF%2Ddire%20simple

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... reputation evidence is sometimes admitted under statute ... to prove a variety of other miscellaneous matters, such as ownership of property, financial standing, and maintenance of a house as an establishment for liquor-selling or prostitution. (McCormick, p. 750)  1, record 13, English, - reputation%20evidence

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Evidence of reputation is hearsay only when offered to prove the truth of the fact reputed and hence depending for its value on the veracity of the collective asserters.(McCormick, p. 595)  1, record 13, English, - reputation%20evidence

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

preuve de réputation : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 13, French, - preuve%20de%20r%C3%A9putation

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The body of law regulating the admissibility of what is offered as proof into the record of a legal proceeding.  3, record 14, English, - evidence%20rule

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Under the rules of evidence, the witness's statement is inadmissible hearsay that is not subject to any exception.  3, record 14, English, - evidence%20rule

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS

règle de preuve : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 14, French, - r%C3%A8gle%20de%20preuve

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 15,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A specialized and oft-recurring aspect of the conduct-as-hearsay problem is presented by the cases where a failure to speak or act is offered as the basis for an inference.... (McCormick, p. 600)  1, record 15, English, - conduct%2Das%2Dhearsay

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 2 CONT

... the intensity of hearsay dangers in particular conduct-as-hearsay evidence varies according to the surrounding circumstances of the conduct.(Schiff, Evidence in the Litigation Process, 1978, p. 265)  1, record 15, English, - conduct%2Das%2Dhearsay

Record 15,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 OBS

comportement relaté : ce terme appartenant au vocabulaire de la doctrine du oui-dire désigne la relation du comportement d'une personne que fait le témoin dans le but d'établir finalement, au delà du comportement lui-même, une assertion que cette personne aurait implicitement faite par ce comportement.  1, record 15, French, - comportement%20relat%C3%A9

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 2 OBS

comportement relaté : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 15, French, - comportement%20relat%C3%A9

Record 15,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 16,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Testimony that a witness gives at a different proceeding (as another hearing or a deposition).  3, record 16, English, - former%20testimony

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Former testimony is an exception to the hearsay rule of evidence, which prohibits introduction into evidence of out-of-court statements of unavailable witnesses. Former testimony is testimony given in an earlier proceeding – if the witness is unavailable for trial.  4, record 16, English, - former%20testimony

Record 16,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'objet de l'art. 13, lorsqu'il est interprété dans ce contexte est de protéger les individus contre l'obligation indirecte de s'incriminer, pour veiller à ce que la poursuite ne soit pas en mesure de faire indirectement ce que l'art. 11c) interdit. L'art. 13 ne s'applique à un individu qu'au moment où l'on tente d'utiliser un témoignage antérieur pour incriminer son auteur.  1, record 16, French, - t%C3%A9moignage%20ant%C3%A9rieur

Record 16,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 17,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 CONT

What impact does lack of cross-examination have on the admissibility of hearsay evidence of an unsavoury witness who has a motive to lie and an opportunity to collude?  1, record 17, English, - motive%20to%20lie

Record 17,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Quelles conséquences l’absence de contre-interrogatoire a-t-elle sur l’admissibilité de la preuve par ouï-dire d’un témoin douteux qui a un mobile pour mentir et une occasion d’être de collusion?  1, record 17, French, - mobile%20pour%20mentir

Record 17,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 18,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.  2, record 18, English, - rule%20against%20hearsay%20evidence

Record 18,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.  2, record 18, French, - r%C3%A8gle%20de%20l%27irrecevabilit%C3%A9%20des%20ou%C3%AF%2Ddire

Record 18,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 19,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 CONT

evidence rules ... the body of law regulating the burden of proof, admissibility, relevance, and the weight and sufficiency of what should be admitted into the record of a legal proceeding ...  1, record 19, English, - evidence%20rules

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 OBS

... under the rules of evidence, the witness's statement is inadmissible hearsay that is not subject to any exception.  1, record 19, English, - evidence%20rules

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 2 OBS

"evidence rules" is usually used in the plural in this context.  2, record 19, English, - evidence%20rules

Record 19,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Examen au sein des règles de preuve et de procédure des diverses dispositions relatives aux renseignements personnels et à la protection de ceux-ci.  2, record 19, French, - r%C3%A8gles%20de%20preuve

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 OBS

«règles de preuve» terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.  3, record 19, French, - r%C3%A8gles%20de%20preuve

Record 19,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 20,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.  2, record 20, English, - hearsay%20evidence

Record 20,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.  2, record 20, French, - d%C3%A9position%20sur%20la%20foi%20d%27autrui

Record 20,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 21,  Textual support,  French

Record 21,  Textual support,  Spanish