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Convicium

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In civil law. The name of a species of slander or injury uttered in public, and which charged some one with some act contra bonos mores. Vicat: Bac. Abr. "Slander."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Insult; slander.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In the civil law. An injury done by words. A species of injury which consisted in charging a person with some act against good morals.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil law. The name of a species of slander or injury uttered in public, and which charged some one with some act contra bones mores.