Rule 804
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definition provision
hearsay exception
hearsay exception provision
provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence
rule of evidence
Rule 804 is a provision in the Federal Rules of Evidence that sets out specific hearsay exceptions applicable when the declarant is unavailable to testify.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rule 804 canonical | 2 |
| Federal Rule of Evidence 804 | 1 |
| Rule 803 hearsay exceptions not requiring unavailability | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3392890 — 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 804 Context triple: [Article VIII – Hearsay, listsExceptionsIn, Rule 804]
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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 610
Rule 610 is a provision in the rules of evidence that governs the admissibility of a witness’s religious beliefs or opinions, generally prohibiting their use to attack or support the witness’s credibility.
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C.
Rule 609
Rule 609 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that governs when a witness’s prior criminal convictions may be used to challenge their credibility in court.
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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 603
Rule 603 is a rule of evidence that requires witnesses to declare they will testify truthfully before giving testimony in court.
- 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 804 Target entity description: Rule 804 is a provision in the Federal Rules of Evidence that sets out specific hearsay exceptions applicable when the declarant is unavailable to testify.
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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 610
Rule 610 is a provision in the rules of evidence that governs the admissibility of a witness’s religious beliefs or opinions, generally prohibiting their use to attack or support the witness’s credibility.
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C.
Rule 609
Rule 609 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that governs when a witness’s prior criminal convictions may be used to challenge their credibility in court.
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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 603
Rule 603 is a rule of evidence that requires witnesses to declare they will testify truthfully before giving testimony in court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
definition provision
ⓘ
hearsay exception ⓘ hearsay exception ⓘ hearsay exception ⓘ hearsay exception ⓘ hearsay exception ⓘ hearsay exception provision ⓘ provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ rule of evidence ⓘ |
| addressesConcept |
hearsay
ⓘ
hearsay exceptions ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | dying declaration exception ⓘ |
| appliesWhen |
declarant is unavailable to testify
ⓘ
party wrongfully causes declarant’s unavailability ⓘ |
| authorityType | procedural rule ⓘ |
| codifiedIn |
Title 28 of the United States Code
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surface form:
Title 28 of the United States Code Appendix
|
| condition | declarant unavailable as a witness ⓘ |
| containsSubdivision |
Rule 804(a)
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Rule 804(b) ⓘ Rule 804(b)(1) ⓘ Rule 804(b)(2) ⓘ Rule 804(b)(3) ⓘ Rule 804(b)(4) ⓘ Rule 804(b)(6) ⓘ |
| defines |
criteria for unavailability
ⓘ
unavailability as a witness ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Rule 804
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Rule 803 hearsay exceptions not requiring unavailability
|
| exceptionType |
forfeiture by wrongdoing
ⓘ
former testimony ⓘ statement against interest ⓘ statement of personal or family history ⓘ statement under belief of imminent death ⓘ |
| governs | admissibility of certain out-of-court statements ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
U.S. federal courts
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal courts
|
| legalDomain | evidence law ⓘ |
| listsGround |
absence and inability to procure attendance
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death or then-existing infirmity ⓘ lack of memory ⓘ privilege applies ⓘ refusal to testify despite court order ⓘ |
| partOf |
rules of evidence for the federal courts
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surface form:
Federal Rules of Evidence
|
| primaryPurpose | to allow reliable hearsay when declarant cannot testify ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy |
Supreme Court of the United States
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surface form:
United States Supreme Court
|
| provides | hearsay exceptions when declarant is unavailable ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Rule 803 ⓘ |
| requires |
opportunity and similar motive to develop testimony
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statement so contrary to declarant’s interest that a reasonable person would not have made it unless true ⓘ |
| subjectTo | amendment by Congress ⓘ |
| usedIn |
civil proceedings
ⓘ
criminal proceedings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rule 804 Description of subject: Rule 804 is a provision in the Federal Rules of Evidence that sets out specific hearsay exceptions applicable when the declarant is unavailable to testify.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rule 803 hearsay exceptions not requiring unavailability
this entity surface form:
Federal Rule of Evidence 804