English-French translations for hearsay

• on-dit
• ouï-dire
• rumeur
  Les rumeurs et les analyses a posteriori ont été les principaux témoins à charge. Hearsay and hindsight have been the chief witnesses.
  Le président Santer nous a déclaré que la Commission devait être jugée sur ses actes et non sur la foi de rumeurs. President Santer told us that the Commission must be judged by its acts and not on hearsay.
  Les affirmations selon lesquelles un tel réseau existe se fondent sur des rumeurs et des preuves indirectes. Allegations that such an 'Echelon network' exists are based on hearsay and circumstantial evidence.

Definition of hearsay

• Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated
• An out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted, which is normally inadmissible because it is not subject to cross-examination unless the hearsay statement falls under one of a number of exceptions

Related words

• rehearsal
• rehearsal dinner
• dress rehearsal
• final rehearsal
• costume rehearsal
• by hearsay