GroundRules
EVID § 400
Where this section sits in the code
- Evidence Code - EVID
- DIVISION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS [300. - 413.]
- CHAPTER 4. Admitting and Excluding Evidence [350. - 406.]
- ARTICLE 2. Preliminary Determinations on Admissibility of Evidence [400. - 406.]
As used in this article, “preliminary fact” means a fact upon the existence or nonexistence of which depends the admissibility or inadmissibility of evidence. The phrase “the admissibility or inadmissibility of evidence” includes the qualification or disqualification of a person to be a witness and the existence or nonexistence of a privilege.
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