Hamilton v. . Dent
2 N.C. 116
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Hamilton v. . Dent, 2 N.C. 116 (N.C. Ct. App. 1794).
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According to the old authorities, words are to be taken in meliorisensu, to discourage actions for slander; but now the rule is changed, and they are to be taken to have that signification which they bear in common parlance; and taking them in that sense, in the present case, they clearly import a charge of perjury. *Page 90
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