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hearsay evidence

noun

Definition of hearsay evidence

: evidence based not on a witness's personal knowledge but on another's statement not made under oath

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 In January 2017, Menendez previously dropped the felony charges because prosecutors improperly presented hearsay evidence to the grand jury. — Matt Miller, Anchorage Daily News, "Judge plans to dismiss felony PFD fraud charges filed against former Fisheries Board nominee," 5 Mar. 2018 Like his son, Louis Till’s trial included hearsay evidence, racial profiling and the assumption that, if given a chance, a black man would always rape a white woman. — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, "What the Director of the African American History Museum Says About the New Emmett Till Revelations," 3 Feb. 2017

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First Known Use of hearsay evidence

1753, in the meaning defined above

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Legal Definition of hearsay evidence

see evidence

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