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Rule 401. Definition of "relevant evidence."

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North Carolina Court Rules › North Carolina Rules of Evidence › N.C. R. Evid. 401

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"Relevant evidence" means evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence. (1983, c. 701, s. 1.)

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