Hearsay

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Meaning of Hearsay

Hearsay Legal Definition

Second-hand evidence, generally consisting of a witness’s testimony that he/she heard someone else say something.

Synonyms of Hearsay

noun

  • auditio
  • evidence from impersonal knowledge
  • gossip
  • groundless rumor
  • indirect evidence
  • popular report
  • report
  • rumor
  • secondary evidence
  • secondhand evidence
  • unconfirmed account
  • unconfirmed report
  • unverified comments
  • unverified news Associated Concepts: admission
  • ancient writings
  • business records
  • declarations against pecuniary interest
  • declarations against penal interest
  • dying declarations
  • exceptions to hearsay rules
  • hearsay evidence
  • records of past recollection
  • reputation as to pedigree
  • res gestae
  • spontaneous declarations

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Translate Objection, Hearsay from English to Spanish

Translation of Objection, Hearsay, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Objeción, invita una respuesta de oídas and other legal terms is available here.

Translate Hearsay Evidence from English to Spanish

Translation of Hearsay Evidence , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Pruebas de oídas and other legal terms is available here.

Translate Hearsay Grounds from English to Spanish

Translation of Hearsay Grounds , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of En base a testimonio de oídas and other legal terms is available here.

Translate Hearsay Witness from English to Spanish

Translation of Hearsay Witness , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Testigo de oídas and other legal terms is available here.

Translate Objection, Calls For Hearsay from English to Spanish

Translation of Objection, Calls For Hearsay, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Objeción, invita la especulación and other legal terms is available here.

Translate Exceptions Under Hearsay from English to Spanish

Translation of Exceptions Under Hearsay , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Excepciones a la objeción que invita una respuesta por reverencia (de oídas) and other legal terms is available here.

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Hearsay in the law of the United States

Hearsay: Related U.S. Resources

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cross- examination, 136 rules of evidence, 183.

Meaning of Hearsay in Spanish

Description/ translation of hearsay into Spanish: término que en el proceso penal suele traducirse por “de referencia”; hearsay statement: testimonio de referencia; hearsay declarant: declarante o testigo de referencia; hearsay witness: testigo de referencia, testigo referencial; statement for non-hearsay use: declaración sin valor testifical[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where hearsay belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

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  1. Translation of Hearsay published by Antonio Peñaranda

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  • Further Reading

    Buck, Julie A., Amye R. Warren, and John C. Brigham. 2004. When Does Quality Count? Perceptions of Hearsay Testimony about Child Sexual Abuse Interviews. Law and Human Behavior 28 (6): 599-621.

    Federal Rules of Evidence. 2005. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. https://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/printers/109th/evid2005.pdf.

    Lamb, Michael E., et al. 2000. Accuracy of Investigators’ Verbatim Notes of Their Forensic Interviews with Alleged Child Abuse Victims. Law and Human Behavior 24 (6): 699-708.

    McGough, Lucy S. 1994. Child Witnesses: Fragile Voices in the American Legal System. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

    Ross, David, Amye R. Warren, and Lucy S. McGough, eds. 1999. Forward: Hearsay Testimony in Trials Involving Child Witnesses. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 5 (2): 251-254.

    Warren, Amye R., and Cara E. Woodall. 1999. The Reliability of Hearsay Testimony: How Well Do Interviewers Recall Their Interviews with Children? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 5 (2): 355-371.

    Warren, Amye R., et al. 2002. The Believability of Children and Their Interviewer’s Hearsay Testimony: When Less is More. Journal of Applied Psychology 87 (5): 846-857.

    Julie A. Buck

    Hearsay Meaning in the U.S. Court System

    Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it second-hand from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as direct evidence in court because it does not allow a defendant to confront his or her accusers and is not as reliable as first-hand testimony, but there are many exceptions to the hearsay rule.

    Meaning of Hearsay in the U.S. Legal System

    Definition of Hearsay published by the National Association for Court Management: Hearsay is a statement other than one made by the witness testifying at the trial, offered in evidence to prove that the matter asserted in the statement is true.

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