hearsay
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He dismissed statements from prosecution witnesses as "assumption layered upon hearsay" and urged the judging panel to give them "negligible evidentiary weight".
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
In her submission, seen by Newyddion S4C, Llinos Griffin-Williams also challenged the credibility of accounts about her behaviour, one of which which she alleges may have been based on "hearsay".
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
It will be fueled by correspondence, hearsay and accusations of the type that only law enforcement can compel and collect, and that are as a result usually kept private absent formal legal proceedings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
There is no judge present, and all kinds of material forbidden at trial—including hearsay and illegally obtained evidence—may be presented.
From Slate • Sep. 4, 2025
I proceeded to ask him if he knew the fastest way to Bonthe, an island in the south of Sierra Leone and one of the safest places at that time, according to hearsay.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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