It is an operative legal fact. The mere utterance of the words constitute an element of adverse possession. The statement is not evidence of actual ownership.

An operative fact refers to a specific event or circumstance that gives rise to legal consequences and is crucial to the resolution of a legal issue or dispute.

The hearsay rule does not exclude the evidence if it is an operative fact. ... Hearsay evidence is covered by sections 16-22 of the Evidence Act 2006. Hearsay (disambiguation) · In United States law · In English law

[4] A “verbal act” (also sometimes referred to as “legally operative language”) is accomplishing something through words rather than making an assertion.

Statements that are legally operative "create or extinguish legal rights, powers, or duties." 61 This category, known as operative legal facts, is also ...

2 нояб. 2021 г. · The admission of a contract to prove the operative fact of that contract's existence thus cannot be the subject of a valid hearsay objection.

The exclusion of “statements of memory or belief to prove the fact remembered or believed” is necessary to avoid the virtual destruction of the hearsay rule ...

(1) Hearsay is an out of court statement of a declarant offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted in the statement.

SOMETIMES CALLED WORDS THAT ARE AN “OPERATIVE FACT”; M-K CALL THIS A “VERBAL ACT”. 2012. 27. PROVING THE LISTENER'S STATE OF MIND THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE CASE ...

14 сент. 2012 г. · They are legally operative documents with a meaning independent of the truth of the words they display. As 'verbal acts,' their significance ' ...