Meaning of HEARSAY
| Pronunciation: | | 'heer`sey
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- [n] gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
- [adj] heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay information"
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| | Synonyms: | | indirect, rumor, rumour |
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| | See Also: | | comment, gossip, scuttlebutt | |
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| | Definition: | | Hearsay
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hear"say`\, n.
Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from
another.
Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the
memory of our great national poet originated in
frivolous hearsays of his life and conversation.
--Prof.
Wilson.
{Hearsay evidence} (Law), that species of testimony which
consists in a a narration by one person of matters told
him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible
as testimony. --Abbott.
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| | Definition: | | Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court. |
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