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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Also called the “common concerning God calculated and designed to impair bar.” The name of a plea in bar which in and destroy the reverence, respect, and confidencs an action of trespass is put in to oblige the due to him as the intelligent creator, governor, plaintiff to assign the certain place where the and judge of the world. It embraces the idea of detraction, when used towards the Supreme Betrespass was committed. If was most in ing, as “calumny” usually carries the same ides practice in thecommon bench. See Cro. Jac. when applied to an individual, Itis a willful and 594. malicious attempt to lessen men’s reverence of Bs: God by denying his existence, or lis attributes as