Residual Exception

Residual Exception

Definition

An exception to the rule prohibiting hearsay for a statement that is not admissible under Rules of Evidence 803 or 804 but that has sufficient guarantees of trustworthiness and is more probative than other reasonably obtainable evidence on the point the statement is offered to prove.

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