verbal acts

verbal acts
Statements which characterize or illustrate an act or transaction. People v Carlton, 57 Cal 83; Cox v State, 64 Ga 374. A statement which, because of its materiality in showing the motive, character, and object of an act, is admissible in evidence as against an objection that it is hearsay or self-serving. 29 Am J2d Ev § 710.

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