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Dead Man's Statute Definition

Dead man’s statute definition– in evidence law, the rule that makes inadmissible as evidence oral promises or declarations of a dead person when offered as proof of the claims against the estate of the dead person. The evidence is inadmissible because the dead person is unavailable to affirm or deny the assertions.

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