資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hearsay \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 a narration by one person of matters told
him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible
as testimony. --Abbott.
資料來源 : WordNet®
hearsay evidence
n : evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not
of direct knowledge