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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
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When applied to "character," the jury must say whether want of chastity or of honesty was imputed.* The charge of incontinency involved in the words " she is a bad, a loose, character," may be sufficiently averred by an innuendo without a colloquium. Such words of themselves impute incontinency. Whether 1 Wilcox V. Payne, 88 Pa. 157 (1878). ' Jones u Bobbins, 8 Gray, 348 (1857), Shaw, C. J. » 4 Bl. Com. 291. or not the charge is true the jury must decide,' See Character; Slander.
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In pleading — materially defective; ill; not good: as, a bad plea, bad pleading, a bad count.
Compare III, 2: Well, 2.
When evidence has not been given on a bad count, a general verdict will be entered on such of the good counts as are supported by proof." See Usus, Utile per inutile, etc, 3. False, faulty: as, bad grammar, q. v. Bad faith. See Faith. Compare-MALUS.