Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
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- Declaration Against Interest
- When a nonparty witness in a lawsuit is not available to testify, a statement made by the witness that is against his or her own interest may be admitted in court as evidence as an exception to the hearsray rule. Compare: admission
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