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dying declarations

dying declarations is the plural of dying declaration.

Meaning of dying declaration

Noun

dying declaration (plural dying declarations)

  1. A statement that would normally be deemed inadmissible as evidence in a court of law as hearsay, but is deemed admissible because it was made by a person who believed himself to be dying, is about the circumstances of that person's death, and (in some cases) was followed by that person's actual death.

Questions about dying declarations

What is dying declarations the plural of?
Dying declarations is the plural of dying declaration.

Words near dying declarations in the dictionary

  1. dying away
  2. dying back
  3. dying breed
  4. dying breeds
  5. dying declaration
  6. dying declarations
  7. dying down
  8. Dying Earth
  9. Dying Earths
  10. dying gasp
  11. dying gasps

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