hearsay rule

collocation in English

meaningsofhearsayandrule

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hearsay
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhɪə.seɪ/us
/ˈhɪr.seɪ/
information that you have heard but do not know to ...
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rule
noun
uk
/ruːl/us
/ruːl/
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed ...
See more atrule

(Definition ofhearsayandrulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhearsay rule

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I have always been an enemy, long before this report, of thehearsayruleof evidence.
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This, the so-called "hearsayrule", probably gives rise to more difficulties than any other aspect of the law of evidence.
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That was of course contrary to thehearsayrule.
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Secondly, ought there not to be a relaxation of thehearsayrulewhich excludes the immediate and first complaint?
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This rule, known as thehearsayrule, is applied with logical severity to documents.
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The abolition of thehearsayrulein relation to civil evidence makes that more likely to be the case than it was hitherto.
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I am not a particular friend of thehearsayrulein its elaboration as every law student has to learn it.
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It would still be necessary for foreign states to procure evidence which did not infringe ourhearsayrule.
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Thehearsayruleis already subject to this exception.
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This; clause is one of the safeguards which it was generally agreed to be necessary as a result of the abolition of thehearsayrule.
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The commission's report confirmed the proposals in the consultation paper and recommended the abolition of thehearsayrule.
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Fourth, the normal rules of evidence—including, for example, thehearsayrule—should apply.
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Does he not think that it is high time that thehearsayrulewas re-examined in respect of offences such as this?
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They would cover such matters as the civil remedies for domestic violence, thehearsayrulein civil proceedings and the effect of divorce on wills.
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Perhaps the most difficult problem is to decide how far thehearsayruleshould be modified, particularly as to documents.
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We are talking about the admissibility of written statements ill evidence, the denial of thehearsayrule.
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Thehearsayruleis a rule of artificiality and formalism, which is almost peculiar to our own system of jurisprudence.
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It is really to get round thehearsayruleand to prove the fact of the conviction and not the seriousness of the offence which was committed.
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There is thehearsayrule, for instance.
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That is thehearsayrule.
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