The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hearsay \Hear"say`\ (h[=e]r"s[=a]`), 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 narration by one person of matters told him
by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as
testimony.
--Abbott.
WordNet
n. evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge
Usage examples of "hearsay evidence".
Burkett attempted to disallow hearsay evidence to be presented to the grand jury —.
I realize that anything they may have said to my investigators constitutes hearsay evidence, at best, but when it comes right down to it, the servants usually know more about what's going on in any household than their masters do.
He protested against the quantity of hearsay evidence that had been admitted into the case.
If there is such an objection, I will sustain it as the question calls for hearsay evidence too remote to be a part of the res gestae.
If one chooses to believe the hearsay evidence of Nolan's immediate circle of friends (and to be brutally frank, they do not seem intelligent enough to lie convincingly), then Nolan took this part of the conspiracy entirely out of Christine Hargensen's hands and acted on his own initiative .