COLLOQUIM, pleading. A discourse a conversation or conference.
2. In actions of slander, it is generally true that an action does not
lie for words, on account of, their being merely disgraceful to a person in
his office, profession or trade; unless it be averred, that at the time of
publishing the words, there was a colloquium concerning the office,
profession or trade of the plaintiff.
3. In its technical sense, the term colloquium signifies an averment in
a declaration that there was a conversation or discourse on the part of the
defendant, which connects the slander with the office, profession or trade
of the plaintiff; and this colloquium must extend to the whole of the
prefatory matter to render the words actionable. 3 Bulst. 83. Vide Bac. Ab.
Slander, S, n. 3; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; Com. Dig. Action upon the case
for Defamation, 6, 7, 8, &c.; Stark. on Sland. 290, et seq.