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Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

(Lat.)

In the civil law. To defame; to attack or injure one's character by word or writing. Brissonius; 3 Bl. Com. 125. INFAMIS (Lat.)

In Roman law. One who, in consequence of the application of a general rule, and not by virtue of an arbitrary decision of the censors, lost his political rights, but preserved his civil rights. Savigny, Dr. Rom. i 79.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

2.

In the civil law. To defame; to attack or injure one's character by word or writing.