The definition was provided for your benefit (since you asked). Verbatim from the reference source; even though this forum isn’t a court of law, hearsay is frowned upon....
Oh my, too many fancy words for little old me

I don't recall asking for a definition.... Why do you insist in making things up?
Frowned upon hearsay, like Scoggins hearing from his supervisor that the dispatcher told him he used the radio at 1:23, some 9 minutes after the time Dale Myers said Tippit was killed.... that kind of hearsay?