scandalum magnatum

English

Etymology

Latin, literally "scandal of magnates".

Noun

scandalum magnatum

1. (law, historical or obsolete) A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity.

Derived terms

• scanmag

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “scandalum magnatum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)