Hearsay-evidence
noun, Law.
1.
testimony based on what a witness has heard from another person rather than on direct personal knowledge or experience.
noun
1.
(law) evidence based on what has been reported to a witness by others rather than what he has himself observed or experienced (not generally admissible as evidence)
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