HEARSAY EVIDENCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hearsay evidence" is a kind of...):

evidence ((law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Credits