(740 ILCS 145/1) (from Ch. 126, par. 1)

Sec. 1. That if any person shall falsely use, utter or publish words, which in their common acceptance, shall amount to charge any person with having been guilty of fornication or adultery, such words so spoken shall be deemed actionable, and he shall be deemed guilty of slander.

(Source: R.S. 1874, p. 992.)