BEST EVIDENCE RULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does best evidence rule mean? 

• BEST EVIDENCE RULE (noun)
  The noun BEST EVIDENCE RULE has 1 sense:

1. a rule of evidence requiring that to prove the content of a writing or recording or photograph the original is required

  Familiarity information: BEST EVIDENCE RULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEST EVIDENCE RULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rule of evidence requiring that to prove the content of a writing or recording or photograph the original is required

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("best evidence rule" is a kind of...):

rule of evidence ((law) a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved)