...Proposed Mass REvid and Fed REvid 401 reflect Massachusetts practice in providing a liberal definition: "Relevant evidence" means evidence having any tendency...less probable than it would be without the evidence. The cases speak variously of evidence which has a "rational tendency to prove an issue in the case"1...

...officer, and/or panel shall allow the parties to present witnesses to testify to relevant evidence only. "Relevant evidence" means evidence having any tendency...less probable than it would be without the evidence. The hearing officer or hearing panel chair shall have complete discretion to determine what evidence...

...doctrines of relevance and probativity are expressed as follows under the Federal Rules of Evidence: "Relevant evidence" means evidence having any tendency...less probable than it would be without the evidence. FED. R. EVID. 402. And: Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially...

...testifying, the evidence must be both relevant and reliable. Evidence will be considered relevant if it has a "tendency to make the existence of any fact that is...without the evidence" (Federal Rule of Evidence 401 ). Evidence will not be admitted if it is not relevant. Even if evidence is relevant, it may be excluded...

...Thinking, 206-217. McCormick on Evidence, 541—542, and The Federal Rules of Evidence, section 401 ("evidence having any tendency to make the existence...probable than it would be without the evidence"). Two such examples are the neonatal mice studies suggesting that PCBs are cancer promoters utilized...

...issue in the case is not relevant and, ergo, non-helpful." 18 The Federal Rules define relevance as: "evidence having any tendency to make the existence...less probable than it would be without the evidence." 19 Even in end-of-life cases (regarding which, bioethics has much to say), bioethics testimony may...

...that is not relevant is not admissible. 34 The Federal Rules of Evidence define relevant evidence as "evidence having any tendency to make the existence...less probable than it would be without the evidence." 35 This means that to have evidence admitted, a party must be prepared to demonstrate its relevance...

...issue in the case is not relevant and, ergo, non-helpful."18 The Federal Rules define relevance as: "evidence having any tendency to make the existence...probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence."19 Even in end-of-life cases (regarding which, bioethics has much to say), bioethics testimony...

...here. The Evidentiary Threshold Under Federal Rule of Evidence 401, evidence is probative if it has "any tendency to make the existence of any fact that...less probable than it would be without the evidence." Expert prediction testimony, even if clinical in nature, virtually always satisfies this test when...

...a fact in issue. All evidence must be relevant to be admissible.17 Evidence is relevant if it tends "to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence...less probable than it would be without the evidence." You should object on relevance grounds when an item of evidence offered by your opponent has no probative...