Illinois Code § 740 ILCS 145/2

It shall be deemed slander, and shall be actionable, to charge any
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person with swearing falsely, or with having sworn falsely, or for using
uttering or publishing words of, to or concerning any person, which, in
their common acceptation, amount to such charge, whether the words be
spoken in conversation of, and concerning a judicial proceeding or not.

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