Federal Rules of Evidence FED-er-al rools of EV-i-dence The Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) are the rules that govern the admissibility of evidence in federal courts in the United States. They determine what types of evidence can be presented at trial and how it must be presented. The judge ruled that the witness's hearsay statement was inadmissible under the Federal Rules of Evidence. There isn't a specific case example for the FRE itself, but they are applied in countless federal court cases. ← Back to BrowseNext Term →