Calumny
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Defamation.
In old practice. The unjust prosecution or defense of a suit. See 30 Ohio St. 117.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Defamation; slander; false accusation of a crime or offense. “There was a word called ‘calumny’ in the civil law, which signified an unjust prosecution or defense of a suit, and the phrase is said to be still used in the courts of Scotland and the ecclesiastical and udmirally courts of England, though we do not find cases of the kind in the reports.” 30 Ohio St. 117. ee
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
in the an oath which a plaintiff to take that he was not a spirit of chicanery in his action, but that he a good cause of action. lib. 5, t. 16 and 17, s. oath a somewhat similar of a cause of action. Adm. Pr. 289, 290. is known in which the has been adopted in the admiralty courts of States. Dunl. Adm. Pr. the 102d of the rules court for the southern New York, the oath of not be required of any stage of a cause.