hearsay evidence

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hearsay evidence

(Law) 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)

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

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

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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