coke Report18a sir g gerard v Dickenson in the king bench Michaelmas term  Elizabeth SC cro Elizabeth pl SC cite send for hetl east maul and S taunt wood  vin Abr action h pl m b pl traverse p pl Com dig action case defamation c Bac  Abr plea b v slander c see the note and reference infra in a action for  slander of title the plaintiff declare that he be in treaty with I S for a  lease of the manor of a at so much rend and that the defendant know of the  treaty publish these word I have a lease of the manor of a for ninetynine year  and publish a lease for ninety year suppose to be make by one seize of the  same manor before the plaintiff purchase thereof to e d her late husband and  offer to sell it whereas in truth the defendant know it to be forge by reason  whereof the say I S do not proceed in the treaty for a lease the defendant by  her plea traverse that she know the lease to be a forgery upon demurrer hold  saint that if the defendant have say that she herself have title though it be  false no action will lie and though it appear by the defendant bar that she  have no title yet that will not make a count insufficient to maintain the  action good and but that the action lie because it be allege that the  defendant know of the treaty for a lease to I S and that the lease which she  publish as a good lease be a   one by which the treaty be break off rd that  the bar be insufficient for the defendant knowledge of the forgery be not  traversable sciens as the know of a deed to be forge or of a dog be accustom  to bite cion in the spiritual court only however of late year it have be usual  to grant a procedendo in these case see mark Garth stram prohibition have be  grant to a suit in the spiritual court for publish of a woman who live in  London that she be a strumpet and also for call the husband of a woman who  live in London cuckold which be tantamount to call her whore cock v Winfield  stram Mod fortesc vicar and worth stram so for say of a single woman in London  that she be with child stram but the word must charge that she be a whore c in  London for it be not sufficient if the declaration mere allege that she reside  in London Robertson v Powell b r sit at sergeant inn before m t Geo cit Selw n  p n that edit in a action for gall plaintiff wife a whore in London suggest  the custom of London to cart whore plaintiff be nonsuit for want of prove the  custom Lord Mansfield say he can not take notice of such custom unless prove  No proof of it can be get from the townclerks office and it be then say that  no proof of it have be ever give so as to maintain such action out of the city  court but that in the city court they will take notice of their own custom  Stainton and ux v Jones sit after mich term at guildhall in person Lord  Mansfield m S cite Selw n a similar custom be say to exist in the borough of  Southwark keb side and in Bristol Andrews see further as to word charge a  offence punishable by local custom Com dig action case defamation d I Bl Com n  Bl Com n wood burn ecclesiastical l defamation vin Abr custom of London a  habeas corpus b Bac Abr slander c ED b still   b coke report b er p sheep c be  not traversable but must be prove in evidence upon the general issue the  plaintiff declare that he be seize of the manor and castle of h in the county  of Stafford in fee by purchase from George Lord Audley and that he be in a  communication to demise the say castle and manor to Ralph Egerton for  twentytwo year for two hundred pound fine and one hundred pound be rend per  annum and that the defendant praemissor non ignorant say I have a lease of the  manor and castle of h for ninety year and then and there show and publish a  demise suppose to be make by George Audley grandfather to the say George Lord  Audley for ninety year to Edward Dickenson her husband and publish the say  demise as a true and good lease and so affirm it and offer to sell it where in  fact the say lease be   by her husband and that the defendant know it to be    by reason of which word and publication the say Ralph Egerton do not proceed  to accept the say lease to damage c the defendant plead in bar quod b ankle  indentura wicker basket in the declaration be allege come to the defendant  hand by trover and traverse that she know of the forgery upon which the  plaintiff demurrer in law and in this case three point be resolve saint if the  defendant have affirm and publish that the plaintiff have no right to the  castle and manor of h but that she herself have right to they in that case  because the defendant herself pretend right to they although in truth she have  none yet no action lie a for if a action shall lie when the defendant herself  claim a interest how can any make claim or title to any land or begin any suit  or seek advice and counsel but he shall be subject to a action which will be  inconvenient which resolution agree with the opinion in d banister case before  e e a b c f a b no action upon the ease lie against one who publish another to  be his g villain b without say that he lie in wait to imprison he et tale et  of such size mina in Self fecit quod daughter of the Sun to carry on business  svan openly to stretch out non to venture vide e in h conspiracy e coke  Report18b e f n b b and therefore it be resolve that for the say word I have a  lease of the manor of h for ninety year although it be false yet no action lie  for slander of his title or interest in the say castle and manor and although  it appear by the defendant bar that she have no title or interest in the say  lease but be a stranger to it yet forasmuch as the matter allege in the  declaration do not maintain the action the a bar will not make it good c it be  resolve that there be other matter in the declaration sufficient to maintain  the action and that be because it be allege in a Yelv or car or James roll Rep  S Bulstr palm or Elizabeth b post b or Elizabeth lane c roll Rep side or James  more or Elizabeth ante a hob hetl see n a infra a S c S p cite send for taunt  maul and S wood Com dig action case defamation c Bac Abr slander c so where a  person think he have a right to recover possession of a term for some  misconduct of his tenant and hear that the term be to be sell go to the  auction and say the vendor can not make a title it be hold that a action can  not be maintain there be no proof of malice smith v Spooner taunt Hargrave v  Le Breton burr and see ante I p b d n and the case there cite banister case  ante p a and n I ibidem ED d above a e Fitzherbert action sur Le case Br  action sur Le case f Br action sur Le case Br villeinage g Cr Elizabeth kelw b  a b as to villeinage and the cause of its extinction in this country ante I p  a n e ED h Cr Elizabeth a Doct pl see n c infra c S p Com dig action case  defamation c ED coke report b er p the declaration that the defendant know of  the communication of the make of the say lease to Ralph Egerton and also that  she know that the lease be forge and   and yet against her own knowledge she  have affirm and publish that it be a good and true lease by which the  plaintiff be defeat of his bargain d vide e f if a man b forge a bind in my  name and put it in suit against I by which I be vex and damnified I shall have  a action on the case e ass b offer eight ox to sell to a as his c proper good  know they to be the proper good of p a trust in the fidelity of b buy they for  eight pound and afterward p retake the ox in that case a shall have a action  upon the case against b f it be resolve that the bar be insufficient for the  defendant know of the forgery be not traversable g as in a action upon the  case because the defendant dog have bit the plaintiff cattle ipse sciens camem  suum ad mordend sheep consuet the d sciens be not traversable but ought to be  prove in evidence upon the general issue h for sciens e be no direct  allegation nor ever allege in any place so that it be not traversable nor  triable also the manner of plead e ankle indentura wicker basket in the  declaration be allege be no direct answer to the indenture allege in the  declaration for ankle indentura non be eaden indenture for no one simile be  idem vide ass e e h h Br action sur Le case e ibidem h dyer e ibidem and mark  ibidem Elizabeth ibidem Elizabeth Elizabeth and these be in effect all the  case in our book