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Ignominy

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Public disgrace; Infamy; reproach; dishonor. Ignominy is the opposite of esteem. IGNORAMUS (Lat. we are Ignorant or uninformed).

In practice

The word which is written on a bill by a grand jury when they find that there is not sufficient evidence to authorize their finding it a true bill. Sometimes, instead of using this word, the grand jury indorse on the bill, "Not found."

4 Bl. Comm. 305.