The second basic concept is Hearsay (MRE/FRE 801-802). The three components are:
1. Statement (oral; written; assertive conduct)
2. Made out of court (“and then he said . . .”)
3. Offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted (alternative purposes include: (a) verbal act: appointment of agent, formation of contract, defamation, context for other statements; (b) characterizing act: oral statements accompanying certain legal documents (ambiguous beneficiary designations); and (c) affect on listener: state of mind, notice, knowledge, reasonableness, motive.)
Domestic Diversions
1. Good counsel on matters of relationships, families and family law. 2. The efforts of good people working together to advance the mind, arouse the heart, and amuse the spirit.
