hearsay
English
WOTD – 16 January 2016
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: hear‧say
Noun
hearsay (usually uncountable, plural hearsays)
- Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
- (law) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.
- (law) An out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted, which is normally inadmissible because it is not subject to cross-examination unless the hearsay statement falls under one of a number of exceptions.
Derived terms
Translations
information that was heard by one person about another
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(law) evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge
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(law) an out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted
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See also
Further reading
- hearsay in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- hearsay in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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