Declaration Against Interest

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What is Declaration Against Interest?

A statement that is against the maker's financial interests or risk of legal liability to such an extent that no reasonable person would make such a statement unless he/she believed it was true, thus qualifying such declarations as exceptions from the hearsay rule.

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