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innuendo definition - legal

n

Latin

  1. An indirect or suggestive remark, usually a disparagement of someone.
  2. A section in a libel pleading explaining the plaintiffÂ’s construction of the defendantÂ’s allegedly libelous utterances.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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