Nounhearsay (usually uncountable; plural hearsays)
SynonymsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Hearsay is information gathered by one person from another concerning some event, condition, or thing of which the first person had no direct experience. When submitted as evidence, such statements are called hearsay evidence. As a legal term, "hearsay" can also have the narrower meaning of the use of such information as evidence to prove the truth of what is asserted. Such use of "hearsay evidence" in court is generally not allowed. This prohibition is called the hearsay rule. For example, a witness says "Susan told me Tom was in town". Since the witness did not see Tom in town, the statement would be hearsay evidence to the fact that Tom was in town, and not admissible. However, it would be admissible as evidence that Susan said Tom was in town, and on the issue of her knowledge of whether he was in town. There are a number of significant exceptions to the hearsay rule. WorldwideUnited StatesMain article: Hearsay in United States lawUnless one of the many exceptions applies, hearsay is not allowed as evidence in the United States. Hearsay is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted. Per Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(2)(a), a statement made by a defendant is only admissible as evidence if it is inculpatory; exculpatory statements made to an investigator are hearsay and therefore cannot be admitted as evidence unless the defendant testifies. This has been cited by James Duane, a law professor at Regent University, as a reason why talking to the government's criminal investigators cannot possibly help a defendant. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License In his account of Atlantis, did Plato work from hearsay or from a manuscript? Q. Sources please. Asked by Margarita de la Rosa - Sun Aug 9 12:59:52 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. The Account says Solon translated the work from the Egyptian and that the original manuscript was still around and in the posession of Critias, who tells the story in Timaeus and Critias. Here is the passage that says the manuscript still existed.: "Since Solon was planning to make use of the story for his own poetry, he had found, on investigating the meaning of the names, that those Egyptians who had first written them down had translated them into their own tongue. So he himself in turn recovered the original sense of each name and, rendering it into our tongue, wrote it down so. And these very writings were in the possession of my grandfather and are actually now in mine, and when I was a child I learnt them all by heart." Answered by Greek, Coptic, & Bible Forensic - Sun Aug 9 13:35:12 2009 How would you explain hearsay? Q. And explain the rules of hearsay exception. Asked by Natalie - Sun Feb 15 01:55:02 2009 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. Hearsay is an out of court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter stated. I tell the police, "John had the gun and shot Ted." I can't come to court from being shot also. The officer tries to say what I said in Court for proof John shot Ted. That is Hearsay. Now I am not going into all the exceptions, but for the above example, I ran out of the House where the shooting occurred. I am screaming "John shot Ted." That is an excited utterance and an exception to the Hearsay rule. Also, if John had said he shot Ted, the officer can bring in that statement, as a statement of a Party Opponent, which is what the defendant is. I hope that helps. Answered by Songbyrd JPA - Sun Feb 15 02:12:35 2009 Here we are on the anniversary of when Allah SWT sent us the Salat and Muslims are still looking for hearsay?
Q. What is wrong with that, you tell me? Asked by ANKABOOT - Mon Jul 20 21:54:29 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. This is expressed in the Qur'an (2: 45-46): "Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem." "Seek help in patience and prayer. This is indeed hard except to those who are humble, who bear in mind that they shall meet their Lord and that they are to return to Him." Wassalaamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Answered by Zephyr~~~ - Mon Jul 20 22:50:05 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "hearsay"  leagle.com Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:26:55 GMT+00:00 Leagle.com Although the material on the dispatch tapes was hearsay , hearsay is admissible at a suppression hearing so long as it is relevant and trustworthy. ...  boston.com Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:36:37 GMT+00:00 Boston Globe The rest, it seems, has become a bunch of hearsay , because the whispers about how bad the relationship between this player and the team have been out there. leagle.com Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:05:13 GMT+00:00 Leagle.com I want them to be it's all hearsay . R: Okay. I'll sustain that objection. Hearsay evidence that is properly objected to is not competent to support a ... us airways group, INC. v. WORKERS' compensation appeal board leagle.com From Google News Search: "hearsay" From Yahoo Image Search: "hearsay"  chinahearsay.com Stan Sun, 16 May 2010 13:43:28 GM Stan for China . Hearsay. , 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: china foreign investment, china outbound investment, cleveland, economic development, local government.  blogs.luc.edu Michelle Borman Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:28:38 GM Drew's Law, allows for . hearsay. evidence in first-degree murder cases if prosecutors can show a defendant killed a victim to prevent him or her from testifying. . Hearsay. is an out of court statement offered to prove the truth of the ...  thelastromance.com unknown Sat, 15 May 2010 14:19:14 GM Never rely on . hearsay. or advertisements because there are so many apidexin scam as there are top rated diet pills. Never sacrifice your health just to look gorgeous and appealing. Discover the specific apidexin just for you. From Google Blog Search: "hearsay" |
