Rule 402
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Rule 402 is a provision in the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that establishes the general principle that only relevant evidence is admissible in court.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rule 402 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14311985 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rule 402 Context triple: [Rule 403, relatedConcept, Rule 402]
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A.
Rule 404
Rule 404 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence that generally prohibits using a person’s character or prior bad acts to prove they acted in conformity with that character on a particular occasion, subject to limited exceptions.
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B.
Rule 405
Rule 405 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence that governs the methods by which a party may prove a person’s character when character is admissible as evidence in a case.
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C.
Rule 44
Rule 44 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the right to and appointment of counsel for defendants in federal criminal cases, including issues of joint representation and potential conflicts of interest.
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D.
Rule 403
Rule 403 is a key evidentiary rule in U.S. law that allows courts to exclude relevant evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by risks such as unfair prejudice, confusion, or waste of time.
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E.
Rule 414
Rule 414 is a provision in the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that governs the admissibility of evidence of a defendant’s prior child molestation offenses in criminal cases involving similar charges.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rule 402 Target entity description: Rule 402 is a provision in the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that establishes the general principle that only relevant evidence is admissible in court.
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A.
Rule 404
Rule 404 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence that generally prohibits using a person’s character or prior bad acts to prove they acted in conformity with that character on a particular occasion, subject to limited exceptions.
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B.
Rule 405
Rule 405 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence that governs the methods by which a party may prove a person’s character when character is admissible as evidence in a case.
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C.
Rule 44
Rule 44 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the right to and appointment of counsel for defendants in federal criminal cases, including issues of joint representation and potential conflicts of interest.
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D.
Rule 403
Rule 403 is a key evidentiary rule in U.S. law that allows courts to exclude relevant evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by risks such as unfair prejudice, confusion, or waste of time.
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E.
Rule 414
Rule 414 is a provision in the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that governs the admissibility of evidence of a defendant’s prior child molestation offenses in criminal cases involving similar charges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.