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Presentment

of indictment laid before them at the suit of the Crown; as the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, and the like, upon which the officer of the Court must afterwards frame an indictment before the party

Injunction

to whom it is addressed, the receiver having only a special property in it; the publication of a libel; the proper use by one man of the trademarks or name of another person; the disclosure of secrets

H'retico comburendo, De

they might have done before the Act; see 53 Geo. 3, c. 127, s. 3. Consult Odgers on Libel

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Heresy

set forth in the Thirty-nine Articles (see that title). See also APOSTASY; H'RETICO COMBURENDO, DE. Consult Odgers on Libel, 5th Edn. P. 486. Opinion or doctrine contrary to (usu. catholic) church dogma, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,

Not guilty

Not guilty, a plea by way of traverse which occurred in actions of trespass, libel, or other tort, and amounted to a denial only of the breach of duty or wrongful act alleged

Reputation

credit, honour, character, good name. Injuries to one's reputation, which is a personal right, are defamatory. See CHARACTER; LIBEL. Certain private and public rights may be established by reputation, e.g., highways [Austin's case, (1672) 1 Vent. 181];

Privilege

in court--this includes judge's chambers; so clergymen as to divine service. See also the following titles and DISTRESS; LIBEL. The word privilege is sufficiently wide to include an immunity, Mohanlal Jain v. His Highness Maharaja Shri Sawai

Record, Courts of

court, in facie curi'. See Co. Litt. 117 b, 260 a; Odgers on the Common Law; Odgers on Libel.

Scandal

p. 1345. Scandal, in pleadings, is injurious, by making the records of the court the means of perpetuating libellous and malignant slanders; and the Court, in aid of the public morals, is bound to interfere to suppress

Scripture

Divine authority of Scripture entails deprivation of all offices ecclesiastical, civil, or military. See CHISTIANITY. Consult Odgers on Libel, 5th Edn. p. 485.

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