§ 2102 Legislative purpose.

Here's a plain English summary of this rule.

This rule explains the overall goal behind Oklahoma's evidence laws. The courts want trials to be fair for everyone involved, and they want to avoid wasting time or money on unnecessary steps. The rules are meant to help judges and lawyers get to the truth without dragging things out or making cases more expensive than they need to be.

This rule also says the law of evidence should keep growing and improving over time. Courts should look at these rules as tools to reach fair, honest outcomes, not as rigid boxes that block justice. In short, this rule sets the tone for how all the other evidence rules should be understood and applied: with fairness, efficiency, and truth-seeking as the main goals.