Colloquium

In actions for libel or slander, the averment that the language in question was published or uttered of and concerning the plaintiff. It is, however, frequently used in practice to denote both the inducement (g. v.), and the co Uoquim proper.

Towns. Libel & Slander, § 323.

It is to be distinguished from "innuendo," which is an explanation by reference to that which has been already sufficiently explained, and cannot extend the meaning of words unless there be something before averred, to which the innuendo may refer.

5 Johns. (N. Y.) 220.