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Hearsay : adj : heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay
information"
(noun)
1: gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed
around by word of mouth [syn: rumor, rumour]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Hearsay : \Hear"say`\, 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 a narration by one person of matters told
him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible
as testimony. --Abbott.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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