secondary evidence

Evidence that is inferior to the primary or best evidence and that becomes admissible when the primary or best evidence is lost or inaccessible.

• Examples include a copy of a lost instrument and testimony regarding a lost instrument’s contents.

— Also termed mediate evidence; mediate testimony; substitutionary evidence. See Fed. R. Evid. 1004. Cf. best evidence. [Cases: Evidence 157–187. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 1054–1131.]

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