hearsay evidence

noun

, Law.

testimony based on what a witness has heard from another person rather than on direct personal knowledge or experience.

hearsay evidence

law evidence based on what has been reported to a witness by others rather than what he has himself observed or experienced (not generally admissible as evidence)

First recorded in 1745–55

If Paul ever lived, which none can prove and many deny, his evidence for the Resurrection was only hearsay evidence.

Oral evidence may be admitted to establish the location of monuments, and even hearsay evidence may be used for the purpose.

Much of the evidence, however, was secondary or hearsay evidence.

The objection to the exclusion of hearsay evidence is equally unfounded.

Nor was this statement one resting merely upon hearsay evidence.

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