Article VIII – Hearsay

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legal rule section of the Federal Rules of Evidence

Article VIII – Hearsay is the section of the Federal Rules of Evidence that defines hearsay and sets out the rules governing when out-of-court statements may be admitted in federal court proceedings.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Article VIII Hearsay	3
Article VIII – Hearsay canonical	2
Federal Rule of Evidence 801	1
Federal Rule of Evidence 804	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T570053 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article VIII – Hearsay
Context triple: [Federal Rules of Evidence, containsArticle, Article VIII – Hearsay]

A. Section VIII
Section VIII is the portion of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code that sets design, fabrication, inspection, testing, and certification requirements for pressure vessels.
B. Article VIII
Article VIII is the provision of the 1948 Genocide Convention that empowers United Nations organs to take appropriate action to prevent and suppress acts of genocide.
C. Article VIII
Article VIII is the section of the Florida Constitution that establishes and governs the structure, powers, and functions of local government, including counties and municipalities, within the state.
D. Section IX
Section IX is the portion of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code that establishes qualification requirements for welding, brazing, and related procedures and personnel used in pressure equipment fabrication and repair.
E. Title VIII
Title VIII is the section of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 commonly known as the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article VIII – Hearsay
Target entity description: Article VIII – Hearsay is the section of the Federal Rules of Evidence that defines hearsay and sets out the rules governing when out-of-court statements may be admitted in federal court proceedings.

A. Section VIII
Section VIII is the portion of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code that sets design, fabrication, inspection, testing, and certification requirements for pressure vessels.
B. Article VIII
Article VIII is the section of the Florida Constitution that establishes and governs the structure, powers, and functions of local government, including counties and municipalities, within the state.
C. Article VIII
Article VIII is the provision of the 1948 Genocide Convention that empowers United Nations organs to take appropriate action to prevent and suppress acts of genocide.
D. Section IX
Section IX is the portion of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code that establishes qualification requirements for welding, brazing, and related procedures and personnel used in pressure equipment fabrication and repair.
E. Title VIII
Title VIII is the section of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 commonly known as the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal rule ⓘ section of the Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ
addresses	attacking and supporting declarant credibility in Rule 806 ⓘ hearsay within hearsay in Rule 805 ⓘ
aimsTo	balance reliability of evidence with fact-finding needs ⓘ
appliesTo	civil cases in federal courts ⓘ criminal cases in federal courts ⓘ
basedOn	Federal Rules Enabling Act ⓘ linked to: Rules Enabling Act
bindingOn	federal courts of appeals when applying evidentiary rules at trial level ⓘ federal district courts ⓘ
citedAs	Fed. R. Evid. art. VIII ⓘ
containsRule	Federal Rule of Evidence 801 ⓘ linked to: Article VIII – Hearsay Federal Rule of Evidence 802 ⓘ linked to: rules of evidence for the federal courts Federal Rule of Evidence 803 ⓘ linked to: rules of evidence for the federal courts Federal Rule of Evidence 804 ⓘ linked to: Article VIII – Hearsay Federal Rule of Evidence 805 ⓘ linked to: rules of evidence for the federal courts Federal Rule of Evidence 806 ⓘ Federal Rule of Evidence 807 ⓘ
creates	exceptions to the rule against hearsay ⓘ
defines	hearsay ⓘ
definesIn	Rule 801(c) hearsay ⓘ
distinguishes	statements that are not hearsay from hearsay exceptions ⓘ
effectiveIn	United States federal trial courts ⓘ linked to: United States district courts
establishes	general rule that hearsay is not admissible ⓘ
function	to guide federal judges on hearsay admissibility ⓘ to provide uniform evidentiary standards in federal courts ⓘ
generalRuleLocatedIn	Rule 802 ⓘ
governs	admissibility of hearsay evidence ⓘ
includes	provisions on admissions by party-opponents ⓘ provisions on prior statements by witnesses ⓘ residual hearsay exception in Rule 807 ⓘ
influenced	state evidence codes modeled on the Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ
interactsWith	Article IV – Relevance and its limits ⓘ Article VI – Witnesses ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal courts ⓘ linked to: federal judiciary of the United States
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
listsExceptionsIn	Rule 803 ⓘ Rule 804 ⓘ
partOf	Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ linked to: rules of evidence for the federal courts
provides	definition of hearsay ⓘ definitions of statement and declarant ⓘ
regulates	use of out-of-court statements in evidence ⓘ
source	United States Congress-approved rules ⓘ
subjectMatter	hearsay evidence ⓘ out-of-court statements ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Rules of Evidence → containsArticle → Article VIII – Hearsay ⓘ

subject linked to: rules of evidence for the federal courts

Article VIII – Hearsay → containsRule → Federal Rule of Evidence 801 ⓘ