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INFAMY (Lat. infamia) , public disgrace or loss of character . Infamy (infamia) occupied a prominent place in Roman law, and took the form of a censure on individuals pronounced by a competent authority in the state, which censure was the result either of certain actions which they had committed or of certain modes of life
Place in Roman Public and Private Law, 1894). In English
in any legal proceeding. Infamy as a cause of incompetency was abolished by an act of 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 85). The word " infamous " is used in a particular sense in the English
Council , after due inquiry, to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect, his name may be erased from the Medical Register
Council are the sole
judges of whether a practitioner has been guilty of conduct infamous in a professional respect, and they act in a judicial capacity, but an accused person is generally allowed to appear by counsel. Any action which is regarded as disgraceful or dishonourable by a man's professional brethrensuch, for example, as issuing advertisements in order to induce people
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