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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.