verbal act doctrine

verbal-act doctrine. The rule that utterances accompanying conduct that might have legal effect are admissible when the conduct is material to the issue and is equivocal in nature, and when the words help give the conduct its legal significance. [Cases: Evidence 267. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 259, 285, 311–313, 326, 333–336, 343.]

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