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/hˈɪrsˌeɪ ˈɛvədəns/ Listen

Hearsay evidence

noun

Evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge.

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... who were summoned were not members of the order, and had only hearsay evidence to give. They had heard this and that report, they suspected something else, they had been told that certain things had been said or done. Nothing definite could be obtained, and there was no proof whatever of any of the extravagant and incredible ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 • Various

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