1. The offer of extrinsic evidence to show that an allegedly defamatory statement referred to the plaintiff even though it did not explicitly mention the plaintiff. [Cases: Libel and Slander 82. C.J.S. Libel and Slander; Injurious Falsehood§§ 4, 129, 137.]
2. The introductory averments in a plaintiff’s pleading setting out all the special circumstances that make the challenged words defamatory. [Cases: Libel and Slander 82. C.J.S. Libel and Slander; Injurious Falsehood §§ 4, 129, 137.] Pl. colloquiums, colloquia. Cf. INDUCEMENT(4); INNUENDO(2).
