colloquium

colloquium (k[schwa]-loh-kwee-[schwa]m).

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).

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译者Lynn，毕业于法国顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与涉及美国证券法的诉讼和调查（包括告密者调查）相关的法律文件。