DOCTRINE OF CURATIVE ADMISSIBILITY

doctrine of curative admissibility.A rule allowing a party to introduce otherwise inadmissible

evidence to remove the prejudice caused by the improper admission of evidence that was offered

by the  opposing  party.  • The  doctrine applies when a  motion to strike  cannot cure the  prejudice

created by the adverse party. — Also termed curative-admissibility doctrine. [Cases: Criminal Law

396; Evidence    155. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 758; Evidence §§ 248–250.] [Blacks Law 8th]