California · Evidence Code
EVID §1220: Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered against the declarant in an action to which he is a party in either his individual or representative capacity, regardl
What this law says, in plain English
A statement may be admitted as evidence against the person who made it in a civil case, even if it would normally be excluded as hearsay.
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Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered against the declarant in an action to which he is a party in either his individual or representative capacity, regardless of whether the statement was made in his individual or representative capacity.
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