Where a person has not seen or heard the fact to be used as evidence but has been told by another who saw or heard the fact. Often hearsay is not permissible in court, but there are exceptions• Civil Courts• Criminal Courts• Family Court Procedures
Evidence that is learned from someone else. It does not derive its value from the credit of the witness testifying but rests upon the veracity of another person.
Evidence based on reports of others rather than on a witness's own personal knowledge.
A fact reported to a witness, as opposed to being known by the witness; second hand knowledge; hearsay evidence can be accepted by the court in family proceedings
Statements made by a witness, based upon what someone else told him/her, and not upon personal knowledge or observation which are normally inadmissible as evidence but this is subject to exceptions.
evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge
Statements offered by a witness, based upon what someone else has told him/her, and not upon personal knowledge or observation. Such evidence is generally considered inadmissible, but specified exceptions are permitted. The prohibition against using hearsay evidence is often relaxed in administrative-type hearings.
oral or written statements made by someone who is not a witness in the case but which the court is asked to accept as proving what they say. This expression is defined further by rule 34.1 for the purposes of Part 34, and by rule 57.1 for the purposes of Parts 57 - 61;
Statements made by witnesses in courts of law based, not on their direct observation, but on what they heard others say it is offered to prove the truth of the matter stated.
Evidence of a fact not personally seen or heard by a witness, but proved by him or her to have been said by another. Hearsay evidence is normally not admissible in court proceedings, but there are exceptions to this rule.
testimony of a witness (usually oral) based on something heard from another
Unsubstantiated evidence that is often excluded by a court.
Testimony that is not firsthand but relates information told by a second party.
