best-evidence rule. The evidentiary rule providing that, to prove the contents of a writing (or a recording or photograph), a party must produce the original writing (or a mechanical, electronic, or other familiar duplicate, such as a photocopy) unless it is unavailable, in which case secondary evidence — the testimony of the drafter or a […]
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administrative proceeding 行政听证程序 指由行政机关所举行的听证、讯问〔inquiry〕、调查或听审程序，通常适用于裁决性决定，但有时也适用于准立法性决定。它也称为evidentiary hearing; full hearing; trial-type hearing; agency adjudication。
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Fact or opinion evidence that purports to draw on specialized knowledge of a science or to rely on scientific principles for its evidentiary value. See DAUBERT TEST. [Cases: Criminal Law 388; Evidence 150, 505–574. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 761; Evidence §§ 216–226, 510, 513–514, 521, 523–527, 597–632, 634–660, 662–668, 670–671, 673–688, 691–709, 713–759, 800–812.]
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The evidentiary rule that when a piece of evidence is not itself admissible, but is ad-missible if certain other facts make it relevant, the evidence becomes admissible on condition that counsel later introduce the connecting facts. • If counsel does not satisfy this condition, the opponent is entitled to have the conditionally admitted piece of
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A fact that a tribunal considers in reaching a conclusion; a fact that has been admitted into evidence in a trial or hearing. — Also written fact-in-evidence. — Also termed evidentiary fact.