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"colloquium" in Latin records. is an academic activity.
Typically, a colloquium consists of a single lecture given by a
member of the academic community about his or her work to
colleagues who work in the same or an allied field. The audience
is expected to ask questions and to evaluate the work presented.
Colloquia provide scholars with the opportunity to face and
respond to criticism in the early stages of the development of
new ideas. In legal parlance, colloquium is the part of a
complaint for defamation in which the plaintiff avers that the
defamatory remarks related to him or her.