admission against interest

A person’s statement acknowledging a fact that is harmful to the person’s position as a litigant.

• An admission against interest must be made either by a litigant or by one in privity with or occupying the same legal position as the litigant; as an exception to the hearsay rule, it is admissible whether or not the person is available as a witness. Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(2). A declaration against interest, by contrast, is made by a nonlitigant who is not in privity with a litigant; a declaration against interest is also admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule, but only when the declarant is unavailable as a witness. Fed. R. Evid. 804(b)(3). See declaration against interest under DECLARATION(6).

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译者Terris，毕业于国内一流的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与政府合同相关的法律文件。