Obloquy
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Censure; odium, reproach. See 70 Cal. 275. OBRA (Spanish; from Lat. opera).
In Spanish law. Work. Obras, works or trades; those which men Carry on in houses or covered places. White, New Recop. bk. 1, tit. 5, c. 3, § 6. OBREPTIO (Lat. from obrepere, to creep upon). The obtaining a thing by fraud or surprise. Calv. Lex. Called, in Scotch law, "obreption."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Censure; reproach. Bettner V. Holt, 70 Cal. 275, 11 Pac. 713. 0BREPTI0N. Acquisition of escheats, etc., from a sovereign, by making false representations. Bell, Die. Subi option; Calv. Lex.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Tosxpose one to “obloquy” is to expose him to censure and reproach, as the latter terms are synonymous with “obloquy.” 70 Cal. 275, 11 Pac. Rep. 716.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
^ Censure; reproach. To expose one to obloquy is to expose him to censure and reproach,-- these words being synonymous ■with "obloquy." 5