Hearsay

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hearsay \Hear"say`\ (h[=e]r"s[=a]`), n.
     Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from
     another.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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. --Abbott.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hearsay
       adj : heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay
             information"
       n : gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed
           around by word of mouth [syn: {rumor}, {rumour}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "hearsay":
     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