hearsay rule

1. 1.

   a rule that declares not admissible as evidence any statement other than that by a witness

   Broaderrule of evidence

Questions about hearsay rule

What does hearsay rule mean?

hearsay rule means "a rule that declares not admissible as evidence any statement other than that by a witness".

Is hearsay rule a common word?

hearsay rule is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.