What is the definition of an out-of-court statement?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sahaluk v. Alberta (Transportation Safety Board), 2013 ABQB 683 (CanLII):
This definition is consistent with that utilized by Justice Fish in The Queen v. Baldree, 2013 SCC 35, ¶ 1: “An out-of-court statement by a person not called as a witness in the proceedings is properly characterized as hearsay where it is tendered in evidence to make proof of the truth of its contents”.
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