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Definition of Res gestae
1. Noun. Rule of evidence that covers words that are so closely associated with an occurrence that the words are considered part of the occurrence and as such their report does not violate the hearsay rule.
2. Noun. Things done.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Res Gestae
Literary usage of Res gestae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones (1908)
"res gestae. I 344. res gestae—Meaning of the term—Illustration*. 345. Mere narrations
not admissible. 346. Cases In which the rule is relaxed. 347. ..."
2. An Illustrated Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1905)
"Origin of the term "res gestae."—Originally, the term was used in the singular
form, "res gesta." It was first used in Home ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"A test as to what constitutes res gestae is that it is the event speaking for
itself at the time. To illustrate, if, during the ..."
4. The Encyclopædia of Evidence by Edgar Whittlesey Camp, John Finley Crowe (1907)
"Such statements as to the consideration on which it was founded are likewise part
of the res gestae.20 Where the conveyance is attacked as fraudulent, ..."
5. Commentaries on the Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones, Louis Horwitz (1913)
"This is the principle, it is believed, that is involved in the somewhat obscure
doctrine of res gestae, which is often resorted to, apparently, ..."
6. California Jurisprudence: A Complete Statement of the Law and Practice of by William Mark McKinney (1922)
"They are admissible upon the principle of the res gestae, and by analogy ...
8 While the term "res gestae" has been criticised by eminent authority, ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Agency in Contract and Tort: Including Special by George Louis Reinhard (1902)
"When act is within res gestae.—As to when an act or declaration is of the res
gestae is not always clear. If the controversy be one growing out of a ..."
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