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title: "Relevance"
type: Legal Term
source: https://casebriefly.com/legal-terms/relevance
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# Relevance

Relevance under Federal Rule of Evidence 401 means that the evidence has any tendency to make a fact of consequence more or less probable than it would be without the evidence. The threshold is very low — evidence need only have some probative value. Under FRE 402, relevant evidence is generally admissible. However, FRE 403 allows a court to exclude relevant evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, misleading the jury, undue delay, or cumulative evidence.

## Related Terms

- character-evidence
- hearsay
- burden-of-proof

## Related Cases

- old-chief-v-united-states

## Example

In a car accident case, evidence that the defendant was speeding is relevant because it makes it more probable that the defendant was negligent.

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Source: [Relevance — CaseBriefly](https://casebriefly.com/legal-terms/relevance)