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Hearsay

Hearsay Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hearsay? [n] gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth [adj] heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay information" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hearsay: indirect \| rumor \| rumour Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hearsay: absolute \| adducible \| admissible \| attestative \| attestive \| authentic \| based on \| bruit \| buzz \| canard \| certain \| circumstantial \| circumstantial evidence \| collateral evidence \| common talk \| conclusive \| convincing \| corpus delicti \| cry \| cumulative \| cumulative evidence \| damning \| decisive \| determinative \| direct evidence \| documentary \| documentary evidence \| documented \| evidence in chief \| evidential \| evidentiary \| ex parte \| ex parte evidence \| extrinsic evidence \| eye-witness \| factual \| final \| firsthand \| flying rumor \| founded on \| gossip \| grapevine \| grounded on \| hearsay evidence \| idea afloat \| implicit \| incontrovertible \| incriminating evidence \| indicative \| indirect evidence \| indisputable \| intrinsic evidence \| irrefutable \| irresistible \| latrine rumor \| material \| news stirring \| nuncupative \| on-dit \| oral evidence \| overwhelming \| presumptive \| presumptive evidence \| prima facie evidence \| probative \| reliable \| report \| roorback \| rumble \| rumor \| scuttlebutt \| significant \| suggestive \| sure \| symptomatic \| talk \| telling \| town talk \| unconfirmed report \| valid \| weighty \| whisper \| word-of-mouth evidence See Also \| comment \| gossip \| scuttlebutt Hearsay In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Hearsay Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hearsay?

[n] gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
[adj] heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay information"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hearsay: indirect | rumor | rumour

See Also | comment | gossip | scuttlebutt

Hearsay In Webster's Dictionary

\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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