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ACCUSATION (Lat. accusatio, accusare, to challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at law)

ACCUSATION (See also:
LAT
Lat. accusatio, accusare, to See also:
CHALLENGE (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, &c., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a " calumny ")
challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at See also:
LAW
LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)
law) , a legal See also:

TERM

term signifying the charging of another with wrong-doing, criminal or otherwise. An accusation which is made in a See also:

court of See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice during legal proceedings is privileged (see See also:

PRIVILEGE

PRIVILEGE), though, should the accused have been maliciously prosecuted, he will have a right to bring an See also:

ACTION

action for malicious See also:

PROSECUTION

prosecution. An accusation made outside a court of justice would, if the accusation were false, render the 'accuser liable to an action for See also:

DEFAMATION (from the classical Lat. diffamare, to spread abroad an evil report—the English form in de is taken from the Late Lat. defamare)

defamation of See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, while, if the accusation be committed to See also:

writing, the writer of it is liable to See also:

INDICTMENT (from Anglo-Fr. enditernent, enditer, to charge; Lat. in, against, dictare, declare)

indictment, whether the accusation be made only to the party accused or to a third See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person. A See also:

THREAT

threat or See also:

CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy to accuse another of a See also:

CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime or of misconduct which does not amount to a crime for the purpose of See also:

EXTORTION (Lat. extorsio, from extorquere, to twist out, to take away by force)

extortion is in itself indictable.

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