- hearsay witness
- witness who reports information that was he heard from another rather than being based on personal knowledge
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
hearsay witness
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hearsay — A term applied to that species of testimony given by a witness who relates, not what he knows personally, but what others have told him, or what he has heard said by others. A statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at… … Black's law dictionary
