Rumor
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to another without any known authority for the truth of it.
Webster.
It is not generally admissible In evidence.
Slate v. Culler, 82 Mo. 626; Smith v. Moore, 74 Vt 81, 52 Atl. 320.