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insinuation

noun allusion, aspersion, clue, hint, indirect allusion, indirect comment, indirect immlication, inference, innuendo, intimation, oblique hint, significatio, suggestion, veiled observation, veiled remark
See also: accusation, attribution, charge, clue, connotation, criticism, defamation, disparagement, hint, implication, indication, inference, innuendo, intimation, mention, reference, referral, slander, suggestion, tip

INSINUATION, civil law. The transcription of an act on the public registers, like our recording of deeds. It was not necessary in any other alienation, but that appropriated to the purpose of donation. Inst. 2, 7, 2; Poth. Traite des Donations, entre vifs, sect. 2, art. 3, Sec. 3; Encyclopedie; 8 Toull. n. 198.

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