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]