Hearsay /(hēr"sā`)/

Hear·say

Hearsay

n.
  1. Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
    Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of our great national poet originated in frivolous hearsays of his life and conversation.
    — Prof. Wilson.

Phrases & Compounds
Hearsay evidence
that species of testimony which consists in a narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony.