hear and see

hear and see
Literally, the exercise of the senses of sight and hearing. A metaphor in expressing apprehension or conscious knowledge. A person may hear or see and yet not observe; that is, he may not have a conscious knowledge of the object or noise he actually sees or hears, and, ordinarily, when questioned as to the fact, he will say that he did not see or hear. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v Myrick, 91 Fla 918, 109 So 193, 195.

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