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If a statement is assertive -- that is, if the declarant's statement does assert that some matter is true -- the statement is nevertheless non-hearsay if the statement is offered to prove that some matter other than the asserted matter is true.

Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers

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