People often use the word HEARSAY, but do they really know what it means? Repeating what someone else told you is HEARSAY; does that always mean that the statement repeated can't be used in court? The answer is no, that is, sometimes repeated statements can be testified to in court and sometimes they can't. There are many Rules of Evidence concerning HEARSAY and to fully understand the law on this subject takes years of study and practice. That is because HEARSAY has numerous exceptions. To begin to understand HEARSAY, you start with the definition.