dying declaration

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Synonyms: dying declarations

Antonyms: dying declarations

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|legal}} A [[statement]] that would normally be deemed [[inadmissible]] as [[evidence]] in a [[court of law]] as [[hearsay]], but is deemed [[admissible]] because it was made by a person who believed himself to be [[dying]], is about the [[circumstance]]s of that person's [[death]], and (in some cases) was followed by that person's actual death.

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