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The word "hearsay" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use the word "hearsay" when you are referring to information that someone has told you, but you can not verify or prove that it is true. For example, "I heard that he was moving away, but it's just hearsay."
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hearsay
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Information that was heard by one person about another.
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While hearsay has become admissible in court, free speech is being patrolled by officious use of public order laws.
And yes, because often these thugs terrorise those who challenge them, we allow the police to give the evidence as hearsay.
There is, though, a growing clan of transparent musicians trying to yank back the mystique-curtain on what it takes to make a living as an artist, from back in the day and more recently – sharing their private spreadsheets so that we aren't all starting from scratch or working from hearsay.
Further probing revealed that neither driver had actually travelled on the route; they were merely repeating hearsay.
"The fact of reality is the intelligence material that police think they're putting before the court, aside from generally being complete hearsay, is also of a very poor quality," he said.
And that hearsay may very well end with a person's imprisonment for an action which is not classed as an offence under British law.
· The right: Not to be convicted on hearsay evidence What happened?
He says the column is a series of assertions and hearsay.
When they do not drag on for years, they lead to convictions on hearsay.
The difference now that cars have largely replaced bikes is that it's rather easier to kill someone.Such talk is not hearsay.
In contrast to practice in normal American civilian courts, there will be no limits on hearsay evidence.
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