RULE OF EVIDENCE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (law) a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved
   
   Hypernyms(s) rule of evidence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rule (what does rule mean?)
   • prescript (what does prescript mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • best evidence rule (what does best evidence rule mean?)
   • estoppel (what does estoppel mean?)
   • exclusionary rule (what does exclusionary rule mean?)
   • fruit of the poisonous tree (what does fruit of the poisonous tree mean?)
   • hearsay rule (what does hearsay rule mean?)
   • parol evidence rule (what does parol evidence rule mean?)
   • res ipsa loquitur (what does res ipsa loquitur mean?)
   • res gestae (what does res gestae mean?)