Nevada Statutes
§ 51.255 — Learned treatises
To the extent called to the attention of an expert witness upon cross-examination or relied upon by the expert witness in direct examination, a statement contained in a published treatise, periodical or pamphlet on a subject of history, medicine or other science or art, is not inadmissible under the hearsay rule if such book is established as a reliable authority by the testimony or admission of the witness or by other expert testimony or by judicial notice.
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Legislative History
(Added to NRS by 1971, 796 )
Nearby Sections
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§ 51.015
Definitions§ 51.025
“Declarant” defined§ 51.035
“Hearsay” defined§ 51.045
“Statement” defined§ 51.065
General rule§ 51.067
Hearsay within hearsay§ 51.069
Credibility of declarant§ 51.085
Present sense impressions§ 51.095
Excited utterances§ 51.125
Recorded recollection