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SCANDALUM MAGNATUM

\skˈandaləm maɡnˈɑːtəm], \skˈandaləm maɡnˈɑːtəm], \s_k_ˈa_n_d_a_l_ə_m m_a_ɡ_n_ˈɑː_t_ə_m]\

Definitions of SCANDALUM MAGNATUM

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A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; - usually abbreviated scan. mag.

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A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; - usually abbreviated scan. mag.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

(hist.). Offence of defaming magnates of the realm. [Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

In Law, an action for words in derogation of a peer, judge, or other great officer of the kingdom, which need not be actionable in the case of other persons. The last action of this kind was brought in the reign of Anne.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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