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Can you name the Hearsay Rules of Evidence ?

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Rule Definition
A 'statement' is an oral or written assertion or nonverbal conduct of a person, if it is intended by the person as an assertion
A 'declarant' is a person who makes a statement
'Hearsay' is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted
Then existing mental, emotional, or physical condition
Records of vital statistics
A statement is not hearsay if it is offered against a party and is a statement by the party's agent or servant concerning a matter within the scope of the agency or employment, mad
A statement is not hearsay if the declarant testifies at teh trial or hearing and is subject to cross-examination concerning the statement, and the statement is inconsistent with t
Family records
Excited utterance
Absence of public record or entry
Reputation as to character
'Unavailability as a witness' includes situations in which the declarant is unable to be present or to testify at the hearing because of death or then existing physical or mental i
Hearsay within hearsay
Judgment of previous conviction
Marriage, baptismal, and similar certificates
'Unavailability as a witness' includes situations in which the declarant persists in refusing to testify concerning teh subject matter of the declarant's statement despite an order
A statement is not hearsay if the declarant testifies at the trial or hearing and is subject to cross-examination concerning the statement, and the statement is one of identificati
Records of religious organizations
Attacking and supporting credibility of declarant
This is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness: forfeiture by wrongdoing
Reputation concerning boundaries or general history
Statements for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment
Records of documents affecting an interest in property
Rule Definition
Records of regularly conducted activity
A statement is not hearsay if it is offered against a party and is a statement by a coconspirator of a party during the course and in furtherance of the conspiracy
A statement is not hearsay if it is offered against a party and is the party's own statement, in either an individual or a representative capacity
A statement is not hearsay if the declarant testifies at the trial or hearing and is subject to cross-examination concerning the statement, and the statement is consistent with the
Recorded recollection
This is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness: former testimony
Statements in documents affecting an interest in property
Absence of entry in records kept in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (6)
A statement is not hearsay if it is offered against a party and is a statement by a person authorized by the party to make a statement concerning the subject
Judgment as to personal, family, or general history, or boundaries
Reputation concering personal or family history
This is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness: statement of personal or family history
Statements in ancient documents
Present sense impression
This is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness: statement against interest
Market reports, commercial publications
A statement is not hearsay if it is offered against a party and is a statement of which the party has manifested an adoption or belief in its truth
Learned treatises
Public records and reports
This is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness: statement under belief of impending death
'Unavailability as a witness' includes situations in which the declarant is exempted by ruling of the court on the ground of privilege from testifying concerning the subject matter
Hearsay is not admissible except as provided by these rules or by other rules prescribed by the Midlands Supreme Court pursuant to statutory authority
'Unavailability as a witness' includes situations in which the declarant testifies to a lack of memory of the subject matter of the declarant's statement
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