Second-Hand Evidence
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Hearsay, because the facts were perceived or discovered by some other than the witness testifying or by an agency extraneous to that producing the evidence offered.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Hearsay. Cf. Secondary evidence.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
This term is sometimes applied to hearsay evidence, and should not be confounded with secondary evidence. See Pow. Ev.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Evidence which has passed through one or more media before reaching the witness; hearsay evidence.
Defined under Evidence in Black's Law Dictionary.