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Fur purposes of the hearsay prohibition, which bars evidence of a statement made other than at the trial or proceeding at which the statement is offered when the statement is offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted, the "matter asserted" is the matter that the maker of the statement -- the declarant -- intends to make.

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Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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