hearsay : Idioms & Phrases
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Hearsay evidence
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noun evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge
WordNet
(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.
Webster 1913
hearsay rule
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noun a rule that declares not admissible as evidence any statement other than that by a witness
