LEGAL WORD
Dying declaration
Legal term · Evidence
Dying declaration
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Evidence
1 What it means
A statement by a person about the cause of their death, admissible even though the person cannot be cross examined, under Section 26 of the BSA.
2 Use it in a sentence
The conviction rested mainly on the victim's dying declaration recorded by the magistrate.
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