A "statement" for purposes of the hearsay prohibition against the admission of hearsay statements is (1) an oral or written assertion or (2) nonverbal conduct of a person, if it is intended by the person as an assertion.

Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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