Business Entry Rules

What does Business Entry Rules mean in American Law?

The definition of Business Entry Rules in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Rules facilitating the introduction into evidence of regularly kept written records of business and governmental transactions, over objections on the grounds of hearsay, failure to comport with an applicable original document rule, insufficient authentication, etc. This effort to get ordinary records more easily into evidence may be seen, e.g., animating Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) (covering hearsay); 901(b)(7) and 902(1)(4) (authentication); and 1005, and 28 U.S.C. §1732 (original document rule). When a single “business entry rule” is mentioned, it usually refers to the hearsay exception, which is also called the “business entry [or “record”] exception.”