Hearsay
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Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of ourgreat national poet originated in frivolous hearsays of his life andconversation. Prof. Wilson.Hearsay evidence (Law), that species of testimony which consists in aa narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, witha few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony. Abbott.
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Information received from other people which cannot be substantiated; rumour.
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