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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Conformity Act or Statute 〈美〉《一致法》 1872年制定的一项联邦法律的名称，该法规定联邦地区法院的诉讼程序(衡平法和海事诉讼除外)应与当地州法院处理类似案件的诉讼程序相一致，或尽量一致。《联邦民事诉讼规则》〔Federal Rules of Civil Procedure〕在1938年生效后该法废止。
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filed-rate doctrine. A common-law rule forbidding a regulated entity, usu. a common carrier, to charge a rate other than the one on file with the appropriate federal regulatory authority, such as (formerly) the Interstate Commerce Commission. — Also termed filed-tariff doctrine. See TARIFF (3). [Cases: Carriers 189; Public Utilities 119. 1. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace
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A statement by a person who is not a party to a suit and is not available to testify at trial, discussing a matter that is within the declarant’s personal knowledge and is adverse to the declarant’s interest. • Such a statement is admissible into evidence as an exception to the hearsay rule. Fed. R.
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A legacy that never had any legal existence. • The subject matter of such a legacy is treated as a part of the estate and passes under the residuary clause of a will or (in the absence of a residuary clause) under the rules for intestate succession. [Cases: Wills 849–872. C.J.S. Wills §§ 96, 1822–1840,