shop-book rule
shop-book rule 〈美〉账簿规则 如果账簿中的记载事项是在通常的商业活动过程中作出的，且由保管该账簿的人提出，则账簿中的原始记录可以作为传闻规则的例外而被采纳为证据。
SHOP-BOOK RULE
shop book rule
shop-book rule. Evidence. An exception to the hearsay rule permitting the admission into evidence of original bookkeeping records if the books’ entries were made in the ordinary course of business and the books are introduced by somebody who maintains them. [Cases: Evidence 354. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 925, 934.]