Tennessee Rules of Evidence

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legal code procedural law rules of evidence

The Tennessee Rules of Evidence are a codified set of legal standards governing what evidence is admissible and how it may be presented in Tennessee courts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tennessee Rules of Evidence canonical	3
Tenn. R. Evid.	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal code ⓘ procedural law ⓘ rules of evidence ⓘ
appliesTo	Tennessee trial court system ⓘ surface form: Tennessee state courts civil cases in Tennessee ⓘ criminal cases in Tennessee ⓘ
basedOn	rules of evidence for the federal courts ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence
bindingOn	trial courts of Tennessee ⓘ
citationForm	Tennessee Rules of Evidence self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tenn. R. Evid.
containsRuleOn	authentication of evidence ⓘ best evidence rule ⓘ character and conduct of witnesses ⓘ character evidence ⓘ compromise and offers to compromise ⓘ exclusion of relevant evidence on grounds of prejudice, confusion, or waste of time ⓘ expert testimony ⓘ habit and routine practice ⓘ hearsay ⓘ hearsay exceptions ⓘ impeachment of witnesses ⓘ judicial notice ⓘ lay opinion testimony ⓘ leading questions ⓘ liability insurance evidence ⓘ mode and order of interrogation ⓘ opinions and expert testimony ⓘ presumptions ⓘ prior statements of witnesses ⓘ privileged communications ⓘ privileges ⓘ refreshing recollection ⓘ relevance of evidence ⓘ self-authentication ⓘ subsequent remedial measures ⓘ witness competency ⓘ
enactedBy	Tennessee General Assembly ⓘ
governs	admissibility of evidence in Tennessee courts ⓘ exclusion of evidence in Tennessee courts ⓘ presentation of evidence in Tennessee courts ⓘ
hasPurpose	to ascertain the truth and secure a just determination ⓘ to eliminate unjustifiable expense and delay ⓘ to promote the growth and development of the law of evidence ⓘ to secure fairness in administration of trials ⓘ
interpretedBy	Tennessee Court of Appeals ⓘ Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ Tennessee Supreme Court ⓘ
jurisdiction	Tennessee ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	United States common law system ⓘ
partOf	Tennessee procedural law framework ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Criminal Court of Tennessee → appliesStatute → Tennessee Rules of Evidence ⓘ

Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure → relatedTo → Tennessee Rules of Evidence ⓘ

Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure (in relevant matters) → relatedTo → Tennessee Rules of Evidence ⓘ

subject surface form: Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure

Tennessee Rules of Evidence → citationForm → Tennessee Rules of Evidence self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tenn. R. Evid.