Birch - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: birchBirch
A tree of several species constituting the genus Betula as the white or common birch Betula alba also called silver birch and lady birch the dwarf birch Betula glandulosa the paper or canoe birch Betula papyracea the yellow birch Betula lutea the black or cherry birch Betula lenta...
Betulin
a term originally applied to a substance obtained as a resin or tar by extraction from the outer bark of the common European white birch Betula alba now referring to the chemical compound C30H50O2 having a cyclopentanophenanthrene ring system which is the main constituent of that extract and which may be obtained crystalline called also birch camphor...
Bergmeal
An earthy substance resembling fine flour It is composed of the shells of infusoria and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten mixed with flour or ground birch bark in times of scarcity This name is also given to a white powdery variety of calcite...
birchbark
a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree...
Birchen
Of or relating to birch...
Birk
A birch tree...
Birken
To whip with a birch or rod...
Privileged communication
Privileged communication, a communication which a witness cannot be compelled to divulge, such as that which takes place between husband and wife (see the (English) Evidence Amendment Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 83), s. 3, and Criminal Evidence Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 36), s. 1), between a client and his legal adviser, and which cannot be disclosed without the client's consent; secrets of State, etc. See also CONFESSION. Also a communication which cannot be made the ground of an action for defamation, either (a) absolutely, or (b) without a malicious motive, such as that which is made truthfully and bona fide by a master respecting the character of a servant to a person intending to employ him. Incidental publication will not affect the privilege, Edmondson v. Birch, (1907) 1 KB 371; consult Odgers on Libel. See LIBEL....
Publication
Publication, divulgation; proclamation; also 'the communication of defamatory words to some person or persons other than the person defamed' (Odgers on Libel).The publication of fair reports of legal proceedings in Court (other than ex parte proceedings) is a Common Law right exempt from proceedings for libel.As to the publication of an apology for libel in a newspaper, see LIBEL.Is essential in an action of defamation that the publication be to a third person, though the law is otherwise in Scotland. Thus, there can be no publication as between husband and wife, Wennhak v. Morgan, (1888) 20 QBD 635; but publication can be made to either husband or wife respecting the other, Jones v. Williams, (1888) 1 TLR 572. The third party to whom the matter is published may be in the position of a servant or clerk, Edmondson v. Birch & Co., (1907) 1 KB 371, but see Osborn v. Boulter & Son, (1930) 2 KB 226; but must be able to understand the defamatory character of the matter, Sadgrove v. Hole, (19...
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