Defamation
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The speaking or writing words of a person so as to hurt his good fame, de bona fama aliquid detrahere. Written defamation is termed "libel," and oral defamation "slander." DEFAMES (Law Fr.) Infamous.