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===Hearsay=== | ===Hearsay=== | ||
''Hearsay'' means saying anything you don't know yourself but have learned from someone else | ''Hearsay'' means saying anything you don't know yourself but have learned from someone else. It also includes repeating someone else's statements in your own affidavit. It's hearsay, for example, to say "Sally told me that she went to the park at noon on Saturday." It is not hearsay to say "I saw Sally in the park at noon on Saturday" or "Sally and I went to the park and noon on Saturday." | ||
Hearsay is permitted in affidavits used for interim applications. However double hearsay is not, nor is anonymous hearsay. | Hearsay is permitted in affidavits used for interim applications. However double hearsay is not, nor is anonymous hearsay. | ||