admissions against interest definition
Admission Against Interest. Definition. An out-of-court statement by a party that, when uttered, is against the party's pecuniary, proprietary, or penal interest and that is admissible under both an exclusion (admission by a party-opponent) and an exception (statement against interest) to the rule against hearsay.
Admissions against interest is a phrase that is commonly used by lawyers, judges, and commentators alike to explain the admissibility, vis-A-vis the hearsay rule, of. certain out-of-court statements made by either a party opponent or a now unavailable. declarant.