Rule 401. Definition of “Relevant Evidence.”
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Definition of “Relevant Evidence.”
“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.
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