Associations to the word «Hearsay»
Noun
- Ignorance
- Suspect
- Polo
- Indie
- Conviction
- Reliance
- Trial
- Declaration
- Statute
- Exclusion
- Proof
- Opinion
- Counsel
- Conspiracy
- Judgment
- Circumstance
- Judge
- Plea
- Federal
- Revelation
- Guarantee
- Drew
- Amendment
- Observation
- Ancient
- Perception
- Experience
- Duchess
- Prejudice
- Magistrate
- Information
- Difference
- Marco
- Belief
- Identification
- Limitation
- Historian
- Reputation
- Story
- Document
- Petition
- Case
- Reporting
- Threshold
- Verb
- Abuse
- Lawyer
- Scholar
Adjective
Wiktionary
HEARSAY, noun. Information that was heard by one person about another
HEARSAY, noun. (legal) evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge; normally inadmissible because not made under oath
HEARSAY, noun. (legal) evidence: an out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted; normally inadmissible because not subject to cross-examination, unless the hearsay statement falls under one of the many exceptions
Dictionary definition
HEARSAY, noun. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
HEARSAY, adjective. Heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay information".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.