BEST EVIDENCE RULE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rule of evidence requiring that to prove the content of a writing or recording or photograph the original is required

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("best evidence rule" is a kind of...):

rule of evidence ((law) a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved)

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