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DECLARATION AGAINST INTEREST [4 records]

Record 1 2013-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

déclaration contre intérêt pénal : 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).

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

The clearest example of a declaration against pecuniary interest is an acknowledgment that the declarant is indebted. (McCormick, p. 672)

CONT

Statements against pecuniary interest. The simplest instance of a declaration against pecuniary interest would be a bare acknowledgment of indebtedness. (Cross, p. 552)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

déclaration contre intérêt pécuniaire : 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).

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

The traditional field for this exception has been that of declarations against proprietary or pecuniary interest. Common instances of the former are acknowledgments that the declarant does not own certain land or personal property, or that he has conveyed or transferred it. (McCormick, p. 671)

CONT

So far as declarations against proprietary interest are concerned, possession is prima facie evidence of ownership. A statement by the possessor to the effect that he is not the owner will therefore amount to a declaration against interest. (Cross, p. 553)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

déclaration contre intérêt patrimonial : 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).

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

A [declaration] which, when made, conflicts with the pecuniary or proprietary interest of the person making [it], or so far tends to subject him to civil or criminal liability, or to render invalid a claim by him against another, that a reasonable man in his position would not have made the statement unless he believe it to be true. (Black's, p. 367)

CONT

A declaration against interest, by contrast, is made by a nonlitigant who is not in privity with a litigant; ...

OBS

A declaration against interest is also admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule, but only when the declarant is unavailable as a witness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

déclaration contre intérêt : 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).

Spanish

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