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Home Dictionary Name: commentComments on public news
Comments on public news, 'comments on public news' reports of the judgments of the Courts as well as comments on such judgments mean 'comments on public news', All India Reporter Karamchari Singh v. AIR Ltd., AIR 1988 SC 1325 (1331). [Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Act, 1955, s. 2(b)]...
Fair comment
Fair comment. Fair comment on a matter of public interest is a good defence to an action of libel for words prima facie defamatory; but the defence will be of no avail if express malice is established, Thomas v. Bradbury, Agnew & Co., (1906) 2 KB 627. When the defence is one of fair comment the plaintiff is not entitled to particulars, Digby v. Financial News Ltd., (1907) 1 KB 502; but the defendant can administer interrogatories to the plaintiff, Walkr v. Hodgson, (1909) 1 KB 239. Whether words exceed the limit of 'fair comment' or not is a question for the jury, Dakhyl v. Labouchere, (1908) 2 KB 325 n. consult Odgers on Libel.A statement based on writers or speakers honest opinion about a matter of public concern; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 616....
fair comment
fair comment : a common-law privilege to criticize and comment on matters of public interest without being liable for defamation provided that the comment is an honest expression of opinion and free of malice ...
opportunity for comment
opportunity for comment :the chance to express one's views on or provide information about a proposed action and esp. informal rulemaking by a government agency called also opportunity to comment ...
opportunity to comment
opportunity to comment :opportunity for comment ...
Commentate
To write comments or notes upon to make comments...
Commenter
One who makes or writes comments a commentator an annotator...
Obiter dictum
Obiter dictum, an opinion not necessary to a judgment. See DICTUM.An 'Obiter dictum' is an observation which is either not necessary for the decision of the case or does not relate to the material facts in issue, K. Jayarama Iyer v. State of Hyderabad, AIR 1954 Hyd 56.It is a remark made or opinion expressed by a judge in his decision upon a cause, 'by the way' -- that is, incidentally or collaterally, and not directly upon the question before the court, or it is any statement of law enunciated by the judge or court merely by way of illustration, argument, analogy, or suggestion ...... In the common speech of lawyers, all such extrajudicial expressions of legal opinion are referred to as 'dicta', or 'obiter dicta', these two terms being used interchangeably, Brief Making and the Use of Law Books, William M. Lile et al. 304 (3rd Edn., 1914)....
comment
comment 1 often cap a : an essay analyzing, criticizing, or explaining a subject [a published in the Yale Law Review] b : an explanatory remark appended to a section of text (as of enacted code) 2 : an expression of an opinion or attitude about something: as a : a remark to a jury by a judge or prosecutor about evidence NOTE: A prosecutor may not remark to the jury that a defendant's failure to testify implies guilt, and a judge may not remark to the jury his or her opinion about what the evidence does or does not prove. b : a written expression of opinion or information solicited by an agency about a subject of its rulemaking see also informal rulemaking ...
notice-and-comment rulemaking
notice-and-comment rulemaking : informal rulemaking ...
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