hearsay

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hearsay (uncountable)

1. information that was heard by one person about another
2. (law) evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge; normally inadmissible because not made under oath
3. (law) evidence: an out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted; normally inadmissible because not subject to cross-examination, unless the hearsay statement falls under one of the many exceptions

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• report
• rumor
• common talk
• gossip

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• hearsay in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• hearsay in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911