Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits

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legal rule section of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence

Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits is a section of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that defines when evidence is considered relevant and sets boundaries on its admissibility in court.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits canonical	2
Article IV Relevance and Its Limits	1
Article IV Relevancy and Its Limits	1
Fed. R. Evid. art. IV	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal rule ⓘ section of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ
appliesIn	United States federal appellate courts when reviewing evidentiary rulings ⓘ United States district courts ⓘ surface form: United States federal trial courts
appliesTo	civil cases in federal courts ⓘ criminal cases in federal courts ⓘ evidence offered at trial ⓘ
basedOn	principles of probative value and prejudice ⓘ
citedAs	Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fed. R. Evid. art. IV
contains	Rule 401 ⓘ Rule 402 ⓘ Rule 403 ⓘ Rule 404 ⓘ Rule 405 ⓘ Rule 406 ⓘ Rule 407 ⓘ Rule 408 ⓘ Rule 409 ⓘ Rule 410 ⓘ Rule 411 ⓘ Rule 412 ⓘ Rule 413 ⓘ Rule 414 ⓘ Rule 415 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defines	relevant evidence ⓘ
governs	character evidence rules ⓘ compromise and offers to compromise evidence ⓘ habit evidence rules ⓘ liability insurance evidence ⓘ pleas and plea discussions evidence ⓘ sexual assault and child molestation propensity evidence ⓘ subsequent remedial measures evidence ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	binding in United States federal courts ⓘ
hasPurpose	to balance probative value against dangers such as unfair prejudice ⓘ to define when evidence is relevant ⓘ to limit admission of unfairly prejudicial evidence ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States federal courts
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	evidence law ⓘ
legalEffect	guides courts in deciding whether to admit evidence ⓘ
partOf	rules of evidence for the federal courts ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence
primaryTopic	relevance of evidence ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
regulates	admissibility of relevant evidence ⓘ exclusion of relevant evidence ⓘ
setsLimitOn	use of relevant evidence in court ⓘ
subjectTo	amendment by Congress ⓘ
usedBy	attorneys in federal litigation ⓘ federal judges ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

rules of evidence for the federal courts → containsArticle → Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence

Article III – Presumptions in Civil Cases → distinguishedFrom → Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits ⓘ

Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits → citedAs → Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fed. R. Evid. art. IV

Illinois Rules of Evidence → hasPart → Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV Relevancy and Its Limits

Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence → hasPart → Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV Relevance and Its Limits