Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    A false charge; a calumny; a claim; a demand.

  • Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    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.