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Definition of Hearsay evidence
1. Noun. Evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hearsay Evidence
Literary usage of Hearsay evidence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roscoe's Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases by Henry Roscoe (1888)
"[ *25 PAGE General nature of hearsay evidence .25 Evidence to explain the nature
of a transaction .... 25 of complaint in cases of rape 26 in other cases 28 ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps, Andrew Amos (1838)
"It is proposed to treat of the rules adopted by our Courts, for the exclusion of
hearsay evidence, and of secondary evidence. In treating of hearsay ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"As a general rule, hearsay evidence should not be admitted. [Ed. Note.—For other
cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 973-9S3 ; Dec. Dig. S§ 419, 420. ..."
4. An Illustrated Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1905)
"hearsay evidence is evidence which depends solely for its truth or falsity ...
Application of the term,—The term "hearsay evidence" has a technical meaning. ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland ...by John Pitt Taylor, Pitt Taylor, William Ellis Hume Williams by John Pitt Taylor, Pitt Taylor, William Ellis Hume Williams (1906)
"S 607.1 HAVING illustrated the nature of hearsay evidence, §£ G07, ... And first,
the admissibility of hearsay evidence respecting matters of public and ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"Duvall, J. The principal point in this case is upon the admissibility of hearsay
evidence. The court below admitted hearsay evidence to prove the freedom of ..."
7. Evidence in Athenian Courts by Robert Johnson Bonner (1905)
"As cross.examination of witnesses was unknown in Athenian courts, the objections
to hearsay evidence did not assume as definite a shape as they do in the ..."
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