aliunde rule

aliunde rule
aliunde rule n: a rule of evidence that a verdict may not be challenged by a juror's testimony without evidence from another source
— used primarily in Ohio

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

aliunde rule
n. The doctrine that a verdict may not be called into question by a juror's testimony without a foundation for that testimony being first established by competent evidence from another source. For example, a verdict may not be overturned on the testimony of a juror that he was bribed, unless there was first evidence from another source of the bribery.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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