Hearsay - Wikipedia

Concept of the Day - 5 October 2018

hearsay - hear·say - ˈhirˌsā/
noun
noun: hearsay
information received from other people that one cannot adequately substantiate; rumor.
"according to hearsay, Bob had managed to break his arm"
synonyms: rumor, gossip, tittle-tattle, idle talk; stories, tales;
informal: the grapevine, scuttlebutt, loose lips
"that's all hearsay, and I don't care to listen to such tripe"
Law
the report of another person's words by a witness, usually disallowed as evidence in a court of law.
"everything they had told him would have been ruled out as hearsay"

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/hearsay