self-serving statement

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• self-serving — Refers to a statement or answer to a question that serves no purpose and provides no evidence, but only argues or reinforces the legal position of a particular party in a lawsuit. An example would be a lawyer asking his own client: Are you the… …   Law dictionary

• self-serving declaration — A statement, made out of court, favorable to the interest of the declarant. 29 Am J2d Ev § 621. The vital objection to the admission of this kind of evidence is its hearsay character; the phrase self serving does not establish an independent… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• self serving declaration — A species of hearsay evidence consisting of an extrajudicial declaration by a party to an action, the import of which is to prove an essential element of his case. Such statements are inadmissible unless they fall under a recognized category of… …   Black's law dictionary

• self-serving declaration — noun : a statement made to serve one s own interests; specifically : such a statement made out of court by a party to a legal action and usually not admissable as evidence …   Useful english dictionary

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