Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits

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legal rule section of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence

Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits is a section of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that defines when evidence is considered relevant and sets boundaries on its admissibility in court.

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Label	Occurrences
Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits canonical	2
Article IV Relevance and Its Limits	1
Article IV Relevancy and Its Limits	1
Fed. R. Evid. art. IV	1

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Target entity: Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits
Context triple: [Federal Rules of Evidence, containsArticle, Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits]

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B. The Challenge of Facts
"The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
C. A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem
A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem is a influential methodological book by political scientist Gary King that introduces statistical techniques for inferring individual-level behavior from aggregate data.
D. Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
E. Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects
"Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects" is a section of Spinoza’s *Ethics* that analyzes how human emotions can enslave us and explores the path toward greater rational freedom.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits
Target entity description: Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits is a section of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that defines when evidence is considered relevant and sets boundaries on its admissibility in court.

A. Book III: Induction and Analogy
Book III: Induction and Analogy is a major section of John Maynard Keynes’s *A Treatise on Probability* that examines the logical foundations of inductive reasoning and the use of analogy in probabilistic inference.
B. The Challenge of Facts
"The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
C. A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem
A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem is a influential methodological book by political scientist Gary King that introduces statistical techniques for inferring individual-level behavior from aggregate data.
D. Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
E. Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects
"Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects" is a section of Spinoza’s *Ethics* that analyzes how human emotions can enslave us and explores the path toward greater rational freedom.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal rule ⓘ section of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ
appliesIn	United States federal appellate courts when reviewing evidentiary rulings ⓘ United States district courts ⓘ surface form: United States federal trial courts
appliesTo	civil cases in federal courts ⓘ criminal cases in federal courts ⓘ evidence offered at trial ⓘ
basedOn	principles of probative value and prejudice ⓘ
citedAs	Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fed. R. Evid. art. IV
contains	Rule 401 ⓘ Rule 402 ⓘ Rule 403 ⓘ Rule 404 ⓘ Rule 405 ⓘ Rule 406 ⓘ Rule 407 ⓘ Rule 408 ⓘ Rule 409 ⓘ Rule 410 ⓘ Rule 411 ⓘ Rule 412 ⓘ Rule 413 ⓘ Rule 414 ⓘ Rule 415 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defines	relevant evidence ⓘ
governs	character evidence rules ⓘ compromise and offers to compromise evidence ⓘ habit evidence rules ⓘ liability insurance evidence ⓘ pleas and plea discussions evidence ⓘ sexual assault and child molestation propensity evidence ⓘ subsequent remedial measures evidence ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	binding in United States federal courts ⓘ
hasPurpose	to balance probative value against dangers such as unfair prejudice ⓘ to define when evidence is relevant ⓘ to limit admission of unfairly prejudicial evidence ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States federal courts
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	evidence law ⓘ
legalEffect	guides courts in deciding whether to admit evidence ⓘ
partOf	rules of evidence for the federal courts ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence
primaryTopic	relevance of evidence ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
regulates	admissibility of relevant evidence ⓘ exclusion of relevant evidence ⓘ
setsLimitOn	use of relevant evidence in court ⓘ
subjectTo	amendment by Congress ⓘ
usedBy	attorneys in federal litigation ⓘ federal judges ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

rules of evidence for the federal courts → containsArticle → Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence

Article III – Presumptions in Civil Cases → distinguishedFrom → Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits ⓘ

Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits → citedAs → Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fed. R. Evid. art. IV

Illinois Rules of Evidence → hasPart → Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV Relevancy and Its Limits

Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence → hasPart → Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV Relevance and Its Limits

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