Legal Definition and Related Resources of Declaration Against Interest

A statement which, when made, conflicts with the pecuniary interest of the person making same, who need not have been a party , privy or witness to the suit in which it is offered. See Elliotte v Lavier, 300 N. W. 116, 299 Mich. 373.

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English Legal System: Declaration Against Interest

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Declaration Against Interest : A *declaration by a person who has subsequently died which he knew, when he made it, would be against his pecuniary or proprietary interest. It may be tendered to the court as an exception to the rule against *hearsay evidence.