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An adoptive admission is another person's statement that is adopted by a party and that is offered against the party who adopted it; a party adopts another person's statement if the party makes a statement or engages in conduct that is meant to show that it agrees with the other person's statement.

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Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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