bold against bacon queen if a action for slander another title will lie if the  word be oblique and argumentative and may by possibility he true ante post cro  James Leon Leon ray side     Allen roll Rep more dalis yely cro car burr  action for slander his title and declare that whereas William Bacon brother of  the defendant have marry one Isahel and die and afterward the plaintiff marry  her and whereas the plaintiff and the say Isahel as in her right be seize of  diverse laud as well freehold as copyhold in fee and have make a surrender of  the copyhold to the plaintiff and his heir and of the freehold have levy a  fine to the use of the plaintiff and his heir and that whereas the plaintiff  intend and have offer to sell the say land for payment of his debt c and have  offer they to I Cleyburne in sale the defendant well know the same and envy  the estate of the plaintiff and to slander his title to the premise say these  who ds she innuendo the wife of the plaintiff be never the lawful wife of my  brother William Bacon for she be marry before to one Nicholas Killingtree who  be yet alive which marriage be full to he prove and have been already as full  prove as any other marriage can he prove and that by reason of these word none  will buy the land c to his damage of pound upon not guilty plead it be find  for the plaintiff to his damage twenty pound and it be wonder move in arrest  of judgement that upon the matter the action lie not for that which be allege  be no slander for it may be that Killingtree be marry to her infra aged nubile  and they afterward disarm or that a divorce be have hetween they for this  cause and then although Killingtree he alive yet it may he a lawful marriage  with William a see SC Popham where the reason for this opinion be give a say  vide SC more Anderson where it appear that the judgement be reverse on a writ  of error to the exchequer Chamber see also roll Abr vent side hob   light Com  dig Bac Abr by car c all estate create by livery and seize only not put in  write and sign by the party shall he estate at will croak Elizabeth er p Bacon  and by consequence with the plaintiff and so be no direct slander gawdy and  Clench conceive the action lie for the action be bring for slander his title  and not his person and the law intend it be a good marriage with Killingtree  and no divorce be except the contrary he show and those that hoard the word  know not if a divorce be Fenner contra this action lie not but by reason of  the prejudice in the sale and this appear not for upon a surrender or fine by  a feme covert she be examine and it be good till the barony do defeat it which  appear not here and a action do lie for slander but when it be express and not  by argument and here it be by way of argument for that Killingtree wasmarried  to her and be alive and so may he collect that she be not the lawful wife of  the plaintiff and the surrender and fine not good Popham agree first because  it be say it be by way of argument and all the word may he true and yet she  may he the lawful wife of the plaintiff for it may be she be recontracted to  the plaintiff and afterward marry to Killingtree and then to Bacon and he die  croak Elizabeth and then divorce from Killingtree and marry to the plaintiff  and so there may he a evasion of the conclusion second here be no direct  speech but oblique and a action liethnot but for word direct speak and cite  whether Davis ease   f so if I S have land by descent and sell it to I d and  he offer to sell it to b and one say to c in common discourse that I S be a  bastard and this come to the ear of b yet I d shall have no action for it be  not speak direct to slander the title of I d but oblique this be no slander  but if he have say to b take heed how you buy the land for I S be a bastard  action lie for it be direct speak to that purpose to slander the title et  adjournatur