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rule of optional completeness

rule of optional completeness. The evidentiary rule providing that when a party introduces part of a writing or an utterance at trial, the opposing party may require that the remainder of the passage be read to establish the full context. • The rule has limitations: first, no utterance can be received if it is irrelevant, […]

rule of optional completeness

glossary / RULE OF OPTIONAL COMPLETENESS, 选择完整性规则

rule of optional completeness 〈美〉选择完整性规则一项证据规则，指一方当事人在庭审中提供了书面文件或陈述的一部分时，对方当事人可以要求其宣读剩余部分以提供全文内容。该规则有两个限制：１不具有相关性的陈述不被接受；２陈述的剩余部分必须能解释第一部分。在许多州，该规则适用于谈话、对方的自认、认罪陈述以及所有其他类型的书面文件，甚至账簿。但《联邦证据规则》〔Federal Rules of Evidence〕限制该规则仅适用于书面文件和已被记录的陈述。

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