1. A false accusation of a crime or offence, intended to injure another’s reputation. 2. Malicious misrepresentation; slander.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow // thou shalt not escape calumny. (Shakespeare, Hamlet)
Sometimes I get curious about who reads this blog. Judging by the number of *.unimelb.edu.au and *.uq.edu.au visitors, I suspect that you’re mostly law students looking for notes. Am I wrong?