hearsay
Significado (Inglês)
- Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
- Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.
- An out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted, which is normally inadmissible because it is not subject to cross-examination unless the hearsay statement falls under one of a number of exceptions.
Sinônimos
superficial knowledge
irresponsible criticism
verbal message
pick-up knowledge
second-hand knowledge
reported evidential
celebrity
common talk
hearsay evidence
speculation
Freqüência
Hifenizado como
hear‧say
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/hɪərseɪ/
Etimologia (Inglês)
From Middle English hyere-zigginge (1340), here sey (ca. 1438), from the phrase heren seien (“to hear [people] say”). Compare equally old Middle High German hœrsagen (14th c.), whence modern Hörensagen.
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