hearsay evidence

Noun

Meaning

evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge

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INADMISSIBLE, adj. Not competent to be considered. Hearsay evidence is inadmissible ... but there is no religion in the world that has any other basis than hearsay evidence. Ambrose Bierce

All evidence must be relevant and not hearsay evidence. Source: Internet

He asserted that many were steeped in racism, unsubstantiated, or based on second-hand or hearsay evidence. Source: Internet

Spectral evidence is testimony about what was done by spectres of persons not present physically, or hearsay evidence about what ghosts or apparitions of Satan said. Source: Internet

In most court proceedings there are many limitations on when hearsay evidence is admissible. Source: Internet

No hearsay evidence was accepted. Source: Internet

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