business records exception

business records exception
business records exception n: an exception to the hearsay rule that allows admission into evidence of records, reports, compilations of data, or memoranda of an event, act, condition, opinion, or diagnosis that are made at or near the time of the event by a person with knowledge or from information transmitted by a person with knowledge and that are made as a regular practice of the business

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

business records exception
An exception to the evidence rule prohibiting hearsay. The business records exception allows a business document to be admitted into evidence if a proper foundation is laid to show the document is reliable.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

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