False news
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Spreading false news, whereby discoid may grow bat ween the queen of England and her people, or the great men of the realm, or which may produce other mischiefs, still seems to be a misdemeanor, under St. 3 Edw. I. c.
34. Steph. Cr. Dig. § 95.