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hearsay |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hearsay \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hearsay adj : heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay information" n : gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth [syn: {rumor}, {rumour}]
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