qualified witness

A witness who, by explaining the manner in which a company’s business records are made and kept, is able to lay the foundation for the admission of business records under an exception to the hearsay rule. Fed. R. Evid. 803(6). [Cases: Evidence 373. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 824–825, 917–919, 932–933.]

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