colloquium

colloquium
/kalowkwiyam/ One of the usual parts of the declaration in an action for slander. It is a general averment that the words complained of were spoken "of and concerning the plaintiff, or concerning the extrinsic matters alleged in the inducement, and its office is to connect the whole publication with the previous statement. An averment in the complaint that the words in question are spoken of or concerning some usage, report, or fact which gives to words otherwise indifferent the peculiar defamatory meaning assigned to them

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • colloquium — col·lo·qui·um /kə lō kwē əm/ n [Latin, talk, discussion, from colloqui to converse]: the part of a complaint for defamation in which the plaintiff avers that the defamatory remarks related to him or her Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… …   Law dictionary

  • colloquium — UK US /kəˈləʊkwiəm/ noun [C] FORMAL MEETINGS ► a meeting in which a lot of people discuss something formally: colloquium on sth »She attended a colloquium on climate change in Greenland …   Financial and business terms

  • Colloquium — can refer to: the Parliament of Scotland, called a colloquium in Latin records. any musical piece celebrating birth or distribution of good news, a hymn (antonyms: requiem, coronach) See also Symposium (disambiguation) colloquy …   Wikipedia

  • Colloquium — (latin), samtale. Mens ordet oprindelig benyttedes som betegnelse for disciplenes disputereøvelser i skolerne, anvendtes det senere navnlig om disputter mellem teologer af afvigende religionsanskuelser, hvorved man søgte at nå en ende på striden …   Danske encyklopædi

  • colloquium — early 17c., conversation, dialogue, from L. colloquium conversation (see COLLOQUY (Cf. colloquy)). Also as a legal term; meaning meeting, assembly, conference, seminar is attested from 1844 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Colloquĭum — (lat.), 1) Gespräch, Unterredung; 2) früher in den Schulen die lateinischen Redeübungen, dann wissenschaftliche Unterredung der geistlichen Oberbehörde mit Geistlichen, welche im Amte befördert werden, zur Prüfung ihrer Kenntnisse u. Tüchtigkeit; …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Colloquium — Colloquium, Gespräch, früher lat. Redeübung; in einigen Staaten auf den Universitäten statt der Semestralprüfungen geltend, indem der Professor mit den Studenten sich über das betreffende Fach unterredet …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • colloquium — ► NOUN (pl. colloquiums or colloquia) ▪ an academic conference or seminar. ORIGIN Latin …   English terms dictionary

  • colloquium — [kə lō′kwē əm] n. pl. colloquia [kə lō′kwēə] or colloquiums [L: see COLLOQUY] an organized conference or seminar on some subject, involving a number of scholars or experts …   English World dictionary

  • Colloquium — Ein Kolloquium (auch Colloquium) ist ein Gespräch oder eine Unterredung und wird heute meist in seiner Bedeutung als wissenschaftliches Gespräch verstanden. Häufig hat ein Kolloquium den Charakter einer Rechenschaftsablage (Prüfung).… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • colloquium — UK [kəˈləʊkwɪəm] / US [kəˈloʊkwɪəm] noun [countable] Word forms colloquium : singular colloquium plural colloquiums or colloquia UK [kəˈləʊkwɪə] / US [kəˈloʊkwɪə] formal a large meeting to discuss something, usually an academic subject …   English dictionary

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