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Webster 1913 Edition

Hearsay

Hear′sayˊ

(hēr′sāˊ)
,
Noun.
Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of our great national poet originated in frivolous
hearsays
of his life and conversation.
Prof. Wilson.
Hearsay evidence
(Law)
,
that species of testimony which consists in a narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony.
Abbott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hearsay

HE'ARSAY

,
Noun.
[hear and say.] Report; rumor; fame; common talk. He affirms without any authority except hearsay. The account we have depends on hearsay. It is sometimes used as an adjective; as hearsay evidence.

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