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defamation
(redirected from Libel and slander)

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defamation
[def′əmā′shən]
Etymology: L, diffamare, to discredit
any communication, written or spoken, that is untrue and that injures the good name or reputation of another or that in any way brings that person into disrepute.

defamation (def´mā´shn),
n the act of detracting from the reputation of another. The offense of injuring a person's reputation by false and malicious statements.


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Lacking a constitutional framework, each province sets its own libel and slander rules, the result of which is that every national publication has to operate as if it were governed by the lowest-common-denominator regulations of Queensland, where truth is not an absolute defense, if a court finds the published information lacks sufficient "public interest.
The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that may make it more difficult to file libel and slander suits against media organizations.
Most letters to the Examiner had included words like libel and slander.
 
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