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n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he

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	n. ~~from Latin innuere~~, "to ~~nod toward." In law it means "~~an ~~indirect hint." "Innuendo" is used in lawsuits for defamation (libel~~ or ~~slander)~~, ~~usually to show~~ that the ~~party suing was the person about whom the nasty statements were made or why the comments were defamatory.~~		n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he