Ill Fame
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A technical expression, which not only means bad character as generally understood, but applies to every person, whatever may be his conduct and character in life, who visits bawdy houses, gaming houses, and other places which are of ill fame. 1 Rogers, City Hall Rec. (N. Y.) 67; 2 Hill (N. Y.) 558; 17 Pick. (Mass.) 80; Ayliffe, Par. 276; 1 Hagg. Ecc. 720, 767; 1 Hagg. Consist, 302; 2 Hagg. Consist. 24; 2 Greenl. Ev. § 44. See "House of 111 Fame."
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Evilrepute; notorious bad character. Houses of prostitution, gaming houses, and other such disorderly places are called “houses of iil fame,” and a person whe frequents them is a person of ill fame,
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See House, Of ill-fame.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
Thisisa technical expression which means not only bad character as generally under. life, who visits bawdy houses, gaming houses, and other places which are of ill fame, is a person of ill fame. 1 Rogers’s Recorder, 67. _ ILLEGITIMATE, that which is contrary to law; it is usually applied to children born out of lawful wedlock. A bastard is sometimes called an illegitimate child.