Article II – Judicial Notice

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article of the Federal Rules of Evidence evidence rule framework rule of evidence

Article II – Judicial Notice is the portion of the Federal Rules of Evidence that governs when and how courts may accept certain facts as established without requiring formal proof.

Aliases (1)

Rule 201 ×20

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of the Federal Rules of Evidence → evidence rule framework → rule of evidence →
adoptedBy	Supreme Court of the United States →
allows	court to take judicial notice on its own → party to request judicial notice →
appliesIn	United States courts of appeals → United States district courts → other federal tribunals applying the Federal Rules of Evidence →
appliesTo	adjudicative facts → civil cases → criminal cases →
authority	Rules Enabling Act →
citationForm	Fed. R. Evid. 201 →
clarifies	distinction between adjudicative and legislative facts →
containsRule	Rule 201 →
doesNotApplyTo	legislative facts →
effect	promotes efficiency in judicial proceedings → reduces need for formal proof of certain facts →
governs	judicial notice of adjudicative facts → judicial notice of adjudicative facts → procedures for taking judicial notice →
grants	party the right to be heard on the propriety of taking judicial notice →
influences	federal evidentiary practice on proof of facts →
jurisdiction	United States federal courts →
language	English →
legalSystem	common law →
partOf	Article II – Judicial Notice → Federal Rules of Evidence →
provides	that in a civil case the court must instruct the jury to accept a judicially noticed fact as conclusive → that in a criminal case the court must instruct the jury that it may or may not accept a judicially noticed fact as conclusive → that judicial notice may be taken at any stage of the proceeding →
purpose	to allow courts to accept certain facts as established without formal proof →
requires	court to take judicial notice when supplied with necessary information in appropriate circumstances → that parties be given an opportunity to be heard on judicial notice →
specifies	effect of judicial notice in civil and criminal cases → kinds of facts that may be judicially noticed → procedures for requesting judicial notice → procedures for taking judicial notice → timing of judicial notice →
standardForFacts	facts generally known within the trial court’s territorial jurisdiction → facts not subject to reasonable dispute → facts that can be accurately and readily determined from sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned →
subjectMatter	evidence law → judicial procedure →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Federal Rules of Evidence →	containsArticle
Rule 201 →	partOf