A false charge; a calumny; a claim; a demand.
Definition of Calumnia
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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
A false charge; a calumny; a claim; a demand.
In the civil law. Calumny, malice or ill design; a false accusation; a malicious prosecution. Lanning v. Christy, 30 Ohio St 115, 27 Am. Rep. 481. In the old common law. A claim, demand, challenge to jurors.