सुनी-सुनाई-बातें इसके अंग्रेजी अर्थ का उदाहरण

" The chair ruled that unless the senator identified the author, who had asked to remain anonymous, it was "hearsay evidence" and directed the witness not to comment on it.

Many of them only heard about the war from the radio or from hearsay.

The original described in the letter, also from hearsay, was probably an early type of organ.

Defendants are protected from self-incrimination, forced confession, and unrestricted admission of hearsay evidence.

At trial these conversations were found to be hearsay and excluded.

On appeal the decision was overturned and the evidence was admitted on the basis that the conversation would be hearsay only if the purpose of submitting the evidence was to prove the contents of the statements.

The issue for the Court was whether the testimony would constitute hearsay.

The Privy Council held that the statements were not hearsay and allowed the appeal.

The Privy Council characterized the hearsay rule as follows:.

Evidence of a statement made to a witness by a person who is not himself called as a witness may or may not be hearsay.

It is hearsay and inadmissible when the object of the evidence is to establish the truth of what is contained in the statement.

It is not hearsay and is admissible when it is proposed to establish by the evidence, not the truth of the statement, but the fact that it was made.

The Council found that since the statements were not used in order to prove one of the issues of law, rather it was in order to prove whether the defendant was reasonable in his actions, the hearsay rule should not apply.

The Council's characterization of the hearsay rule has since become the most often cited definition in the Commonwealth.