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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Scandal

1. Disgraceful, shameful, or degrading acts or conduct. 2. Slander. See SCANDALOUS MATTER.

scandalous matter

Civil procedure. A matter that is both grossly disgraceful (or defamatory) and irrelevant to the action or defense. ( A federal court - upon a party's motion or on its own - can order a scandalous matter struck from a pleading. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f). Cf. IMPERM TINENT MATTER.

scandalum magnatum

[Law Latin] Hist. Actionable slander of powerful people; specif., defamatory comments regarding persons of high rank, such as peers, judges, or state officials.