one of the usual parts of the declaration in an action for slander. It is a general averment that the words complained of were spoken “of and concern-lng the plaintiff," or concerning the extrin-sic matters alleged in the inducement, and Its office is to connect the whole publlcation wlth the previous statement. Van Vechten v. Hopkins, 5 Johns. (N. ¥.) 220, 4 Am. Dec. 839; Lukehart v. Byerly, 53 Pa. 421; Squires v. State, 39 Tex. Cr. R. 96, 45 S. W. 147, 73 Am. St Rep. 904; Vanderlip v. Roe. 23 Pa. 82; McClaughry v. wetmore, 6 Johns. (N. YJ 82, 5 Am. Dec. 194
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
