Hearsay

Noun

 * 1) information that was heard by one person about another
 * 2)  evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge; normally inadmissible because not made under oath
 * 3)  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

Synonyms

 * report
 * rumor
 * common talk
 * gossip

Thesaurus
absolute, adducible, admissible, attestative, attestive, authentic, based on, bruit, buzz, canard, certain, circumstantial, circumstantial evidence, collateral evidence, common talk, conclusive, convincing, corpus delicti, cry, cumulative, cumulative evidence, damning, decisive, determinative, direct evidence, documentary, documentary evidence, documented, evidence in chief, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, ex parte evidence, extrinsic evidence, eye-witness, factual, final, firsthand, flying rumor, founded on, gossip, grapevine, grounded on, hearsay evidence, idea afloat, implicit, incontrovertible, incriminating evidence, indicative, indirect evidence, indisputable, intrinsic evidence, irrefutable, irresistible, latrine rumor, material, news stirring, nuncupative, on-dit, oral evidence, overwhelming, presumptive, presumptive evidence, prima facie evidence, probative, reliable, report, roorback, rumble, rumor, scuttlebutt, significant, suggestive, sure, symptomatic, talk, telling, town talk, unconfirmed report, valid, weighty, whisper, word-of-mouth evidence

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:, mendemonda
 * Polish: pogłoska


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: hörsägen


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * Spanish: pruebas de oídas