Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SCANDAL, n. Also Sc. form scannal (Per. 1895 I. MacLaren Auld Lang Syne 100). Sc. Law usage: a report circulated prejudicial to the character or reputation of another on which a legal action may be founded. Now gen. called defamation.Sc. 1708 Morison Decisions 3432:
He raised a process of scandal against Watkins.Sc. 1800 Scott Letters (Cent. Ed.) I. 107:
Who ever heard of a Sheriff judging in a case of Scandal?Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 885:
All actions upon scandal, or verbal injuries for damages, although competent in inferior courts, may also be brought before the Court of Session.
