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CALUMNIA Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

In the civil law. Calumny, malice, or ill design; a false accusation ; a malicious prosecution. Lanning v. Christy, 30 Ohio St. 115, 27 Am. Rep. 431. In the old common law. A claim, demand, challenge to jurors.

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