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declaration against interest

as an exception to the rule against the ADMISSIBILITY of HEARSAY evidence, a declaration by a person who has subsequently died that he knew, when he made it, that it would be against his pecuniary or proprietary interest, may be admitted.
Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
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