Article VIII – Hearsay

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legal rule section of the Federal Rules of Evidence

Article VIII – Hearsay is the section of the Federal Rules of Evidence that defines hearsay and sets out the rules governing when out-of-court statements may be admitted in federal court proceedings.

Aliases (2)

Federal Rule of Evidence 801 ×1
Federal Rule of Evidence 804 ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal rule → section of the Federal Rules of Evidence →
addresses	attacking and supporting declarant credibility in Rule 806 → hearsay within hearsay in Rule 805 →
aimsTo	balance reliability of evidence with fact-finding needs →
appliesTo	civil cases in federal courts → criminal cases in federal courts →
basedOn	Federal Rules Enabling Act →
bindingOn	federal courts of appeals when applying evidentiary rules at trial level → federal district courts →
citedAs	Fed. R. Evid. art. VIII →
containsRule	Federal Rule of Evidence 801 → Federal Rule of Evidence 802 → Federal Rule of Evidence 803 → Federal Rule of Evidence 804 → Federal Rule of Evidence 805 → Federal Rule of Evidence 806 → Federal Rule of Evidence 807 →
creates	exceptions to the rule against hearsay →
defines	hearsay →
definesIn	Rule 801(c) hearsay →
distinguishes	statements that are not hearsay from hearsay exceptions →
effectiveIn	United States federal trial courts →
establishes	general rule that hearsay is not admissible →
function	to guide federal judges on hearsay admissibility → to provide uniform evidentiary standards in federal courts →
generalRuleLocatedIn	Rule 802 →
governs	admissibility of hearsay evidence →
includes	provisions on admissions by party-opponents → provisions on prior statements by witnesses → residual hearsay exception in Rule 807 →
influenced	state evidence codes modeled on the Federal Rules of Evidence →
interactsWith	Article IV – Relevance and its limits → Article VI – Witnesses →
jurisdiction	United States federal courts →
legalSystem	common law →
listsExceptionsIn	Rule 803 → Rule 804 →
partOf	Federal Rules of Evidence →
provides	definition of hearsay → definitions of statement and declarant →
regulates	use of out-of-court statements in evidence →
source	United States Congress-approved rules →
subjectMatter	hearsay evidence → out-of-court statements →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Article VIII – Hearsay ("Federal Rule of Evidence 801") → Article VIII – Hearsay ("Federal Rule of Evidence 804") →	containsRule
Federal Rules of Evidence →	containsArticle
Article IX – Authentication and Identification →	relatedTo