BONA FIDES, jury to judge of, 533 n.

See MOTIVE.

BOND advertised for sale, 268.

BOOKS. See ACCOUNT BOOKS; FALSE BOOKS; NEW BOOKS; TEXT BOOKS.
BOOKSELLER, liability of, 168.

BOTCH, charge of being is actionable, 308.

BOX-WOOD, charge of stealing, 208.

BRAWLING, 66 n.

BREACH of the peace, words amounting to, actionable in Mississippi,.
Virginia and Georgia, 219.

See DISORDERLY CONDUCT. ·

of trust, what amounts to a charge of, 213.

charge of, not actionable, 229.

BREAKING into a store, charge of, 243.

BREAKING OPEN LETTERS, charge of, 212, 223, 275 n.

And see BROKEN UP, 210 n.

charge of, involves moral turpitude, 223.

contra, see 229 n., 275 n.

charge of, is actionable, 254.

is not actionable, 229 n.

BREWER, words concerning, 293 n., 301, 362.

BRIBERY, charge of, is actionable, 223, 253, 265, 267, 292 n., 493 n.

BRIBING JUSTICE, actionable, 292.

BRIBING KNAVE, actionable, 236 n., 303.

BRICKS, charge of stealing, 239.

BRIMSTONE, charge of stinking of, 266.

BROKEN UP. See BREAKING OPEN.

BROTHEL. See GOOSE-HOUSE.

BUGGERING ROGUE, actionable, 236.

BUGGERY, charge of, 179 n., 211.

See UNNATURAl Offense.

BUNGLER, charge of being a, is actionable, 308 n.

BUNTER, charge of being a, 652 n.

meaning of not judicially noticed, 180 n.
of, 579 n.

BURNING. See ARSON; BARN; GIN-HOUSE; SCHOOL-HOUSE.
BUSHWHACKER, judicial notice of its meaning, 180 n.
charge of being, not actionable, 255.
BUSINESS, meaning of the term, 279 n.

See TRADE.

BUTCHER, words concerning, 294, 301, 321 n., 423, 455.
BYSTANDER, how far publisher responsible for understanding and
hearing of, 188 n., 189, 651 n.

CALF-SKIN, charge of stealing, 242.
CALIFORNIA, security for costs in, 512 n.

CALUMNY, meaning of, 380 n.

CANADA, charge of stealing in, 228 n.

CANDIDATE for office or employment, words concerning, 286, 473.
CAPTAIN, publishing that one is not a, 273.

See MASTER MARINER.

CARDS, charge of cheating at, 266 n., 269.

CARPENTER, words concerning, 298 n.

CARRYING AWAY, a charge of, imputes a trespass, 205 n., 555 n.
CATCHING INDIANS, charge of being engaged in, 267.
CATERPILLAR, charging an innkeeper with being a, 303 n.
CATTLE, marks on, altering, involves moral turpitude, 223.
charge of altering is actionable, 252.

charge of mismarking, not actionable, 230.

CAUSE, import of the term, 205.

charge of being the cause of suicide, 259.

justifying a charge of causing an act to be done, 362.
See REASONABLE AND PROBABLE CAUSE.

CAUSES of action, joinder of, 597, 728.

to be numbered, 598.

CAUTION not to trust another, when privileged, 447.
not to marry, 450.

not to purchase a bond, 268, 458.

CERTAINTY, how it may be insured, 80 n., 578.

what required, 192.

excessive, 192 n.

in statement of words published, 576.

innuendo, to insure, 578.

in justification on ground of truth, 609.

CHAMPERTOR, actionable, 252.

meaning of the term, 183 n.

CHANGING place of trial, 512.

CHARACTER, meaning of the term, 84 n., 85 n., 86 n.
necessity of protecting, 103 n., 109 n.

evidence of, 679.

to servant, right to give, 462, 733.

no action for refusing to give, 465 n.
See MASTER AND SERVANT.

CHARGE, by way of question, 234.

CHARITIES, report of inspector of, 410 n., 494 n.

CHASTE CHARACTER, meaning of the term, 85 n.

CHASTITY, charge of, want of, not actionable, 248.

actionable, if in writing, 267, 296.

CHEAT, charge of being, not actionable, 255.

what is not a justification of a charge of being, 362 n.

CHEATER, charge of being, actionable if applied to one in trade, 303.
charging an attorney with being, is actionable, 303.
CHEATING, charge of, not actionable, 230, 230 n., 258.

when actionable, 300, 313.

at cards, charge of, is actionable, 266 n., 269.

CHECK, action for dishonoring, 62 n.

CHILD, parent not answerable for wrongs by, 166 n.
charge of begetting, 254.

charge of starving, 301.

punishing, for libeling parent, 265 n.

See INFANT:

CHRISTIANITY, introduction of, into England, 104.

part of the common law, 104.

CHURCH, charge of robbing, 241 n.

charge of having been deprived of the ordinances of, 266.
charge of desecrating, 310.

discipline, proceedings in course of, are privileged, 411, 413.
privilege of, only applies where both parties members

of the church, 413.

See DESECRATING CBURCH.

CHURCH MEETING, proceeding at, how far privileged, 393, 413 n.
CHURCH WARDEN, language concerning, 184 n., 313 n.

CIPHER, libel in, 179 n.

CLAPPING hands, 61 n.

CLASS of persons, language concerning, when actionable, 175 n.
CLERGYMAN. See MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL.

CLERK in a gas company, words concerning, 295.

See MERCHANT'S CLERK.

CLIENT, when not responsible for acts of attorney, 166 n.
charge of divulging secrets of, justifying, 367.

attorney may vindicate reputation of, 431 n.

CLIPPER and coiner, meaning of the terms, 196 n., 200.

CLOTHES, charge of stealing, 241 n.

COACH BUILDER, words of, 296.

COBBLER, charge of being, actionable, 308.

COCKBURN, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, his views of the law of libel, 491 n.
COLLECTOR, U. S., language concerning, 315.

COLLOQUIUM, what it is, 171, n.

when necessary, 192 n.

must be proved, 653 n.

COLLOQUIUM-continued.

sometimes used as synonymous with inducement, 567.
innuendo, cannot perform office of, 580.

See INDUCEMENT.

COLOR, justification must give, 602.

COMMENT, right of, 322 n., 410 n.

See CRITICISM.

COMMERCIAL AGENCY, publications by, how far privileged, 456.
justification of libel by, 617.

COMMISSION to examine witnesses, 518.
COMMISSIONER, words concerning, 314, 315.

of police, report of, not privileged, 410 n.

to inquire into corporations, report of, not privileged, 410 n.
in bankruptcy, reports of proceedings before, privileged, 409.
COMMITTEE OF HOUSE OF LORDS, is a public court, 409.
COMMON BARRATOR, not actionable, 224 n.

actionable, 252, 305.

COMMON FILCHER, charge of being, not actionable, 255.
COMMON LAW, ecclesiastical law part of, 67 n.

christianity part of, 104.

COMMON SENSE in construing language, 180 n.

COMMON WHORE, charge of being, actionable, 249 n.
COMPANION of cut-throats, not actionable, 255.

COMPANY, unincorporated, when members of, cannot maintain action
for libel, 175 n.

See CORPORATION.

COMPLAINT, corresponds to declaration, 553.

general requisites of, 550 n., 553, 598.

need not aver facts charged or implied by the language pub
lished, 555 n., 560.

the usual preliminary panegyric on plaintiff is superfluous,

559 n.
inducement, 554.

in England, 555.

in New York, 556.

where there are several counts, 557.

to be stated in a traversable form, 558.

may be put in issue, 558.

superfluous, 559.

of plaintiff's occupation, 562, 564.

in action for charge of false swearing, 565.

should show that the language is concerning the plaintiff, 561,

567.

COMPLAINT-continued.

colloquium, sometimes used as synonymous with inducement,

567.

must allege a publication, 569.

publication, how alleged, 569, 571.
alleging place of publication, 572.

alleging time of publication, 572.

to allege absence of legal excuse, 572.

to set out the language published, 573.

where words published in a foreign language, 575.

need not set out obscene words, 576.

degree of certainty required in setting forth the language pub-

lished, 576.

need not set forth the whole of the matter published, 577.

allegations of, must be certain, 578.

innuendo, 171 n., 578.

cannot perform office of colloquium, 580.

cannot introduce new matter or change meaning, 578 n.
cannot extend the meaning, 579, 582.

to point meaning of ambiguous language, 586.

rejecting, 588, 593.

warranted, 588.

unwarranted, 589.

evidence to explain, 590.

cannot make language apply to plaintiff, 590.

may show language applies to a class, 591.

when to allege special damage, 319, 593.

what causes of action may be united in, 550, 556 n., 597.

for slander of title, 344 n.

to court of justice and complaint made elsewhere, distinction
between, 420 n.

striking out, for plaintiff's refusal to answer proper question,

672 n.

supplemental, when allowed, 598.

demurrer to, 618.

difficult to sustain, 294 n.

for malicious prosecution, 727.

COMPROMISE, court will enforce, 478, 518.

CONCEALER of felony, charge of being, 253 n.

CONDITION in life of parties, effect of, 187, 278, 659, 661, 686, 691.

evidence of, on face of libel, 654.

CONDUCT unfit for publication, charge of being guilty of, not action-

able, 233 n.

See VIOLENT CONDUCT.