Free Online Dictionary
Res gestae
| Babylon English English dictionary | Download this dictionary |
res gestae
issues that are relevant to litigation
| Wikipedia English The Free Encyclopedia | Download this dictionary |
Res gestae
Res gestae (Latin "things done") is a term found in substantive and procedural American jurisprudence and English law. In American substantive law, it refers to the start-to-end period of a felony. In American procedural law, it refers to an exception to the hearsay rule for statements made spontaneously or as part of an act. The English version of res gestae is similar.
| See more at Wikipedia.org... |
© This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
| WordNet 2.0 Dictionary | Download this dictionary |
res gestae
Noun
1. rule of evidence that covers words that are so closely associated with an occurrence that the words are considered part of the occurrence and as such their report does not violate the hearsay rule
(hypernym) rule of evidence
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. things done
(hypernym) action
(classification) Latin
| Babylon German English dictionary | Download this dictionary |
Res Gestae
res gestae, issues that are relevant to litigation
| Duhaime.org Legal Dictionary | Download this dictionary |
Res gestae
Latin for things done. A peculiar rule, used mostly in criminal cases, which allows hearsay if the statement is made during the excitement of the litigated event. - (read more on Res gestae)
| Res gestae in French | Res gestae in Italian | Res gestae in Spanish | Res gestae in Dutch | Res gestae in Portuguese | Res gestae in German | Res gestae in Japanese | Res gestae in Greek | Res gestae in Turkish | Res gestae in Hebrew | Res gestae in Polish | Res gestae in Urdu | Res gestae in Finnish | Res gestae in Farsi
You think you have ethics...
Take the survey NOW!
