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 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 narration by one person of matters told him by another.  It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony.
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 hearsay evidence
      n : evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not
          of direct knowledge