dying declaration

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

(law) 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 circumstances of that person's death, and (in some cases) was followed by that person's actual death.

日本語の意味

死に瀕した人が、自身の死に至る状況や原因について行った証言。通常は聞き取り証拠として排除されるが、例外的に証拠能力が認められるもの。

英語の意味

(law) 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 circumstances of that person's death, and (in some cases) was followed by that person's actual death.

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The judge allowed the dying declaration into evidence despite the defense's hearsay objection.

裁判官は、死を覚悟した者がした供述を、弁護側の伝聞による異議にもかかわらず証拠として認めた。

詳細

意味（1）

(law) 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 circumstances of that person's death, and (in some cases) was followed by that person's actual death.

dying declarations （ plural ）