dying declaration

dying declaration
A declaration by the victim of a homicide or of an abortion resulting in the death of the woman, made while in extremis. 1 Am J2d Abort § 23. More precisely, a statement made by the victim of a homicide while about to die, and without any hope of recovery, concerning the facts and circumstances under which the fatal injury was inflicted, and offered in evidence on the trial of the person charged with having caused the death of the declarant. 26 Am J1st Homi § 385.

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