Scandal
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
When used in reference to pleading in equity, scandal is defined to be any thing alleged in a bill, answer, or other pleading, in such language as is vmbecoming the court to hear, or as is contrary to good manners; or any thing set forth which charges some person with a crime not necessary to be shown in the cause. Brown. Scandalum magnatum. Slander of the nobility. Scandal, or spreading false reports against peers and great oflftcers of the realm, was so called, and was subjected to peculiar punishment by ancient statutes.
Cowel.