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public official
a public office the nature of which requires that in order for the person to prevail in a defamation action he or she must show actual malice on the part of the defendant compare public figure
public figure
figure compare public official NOTE: A public figure must prove actual malice in order to prevail in a defamation action.
limited purpose public figure
influencing its outcome and who is thus required as a public figure to prove actual malice in a defamation suit called also limited public figure compare public figure
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libel per se
libel per se : libel that is actionable without the plaintiff introducing additional facts to show defamation or claiming special damages
libel per quod
libel per quod : libel that is actionable only when the plaintiff introduces additional facts to show defamation or claims special damages
libel
diminutive of liber book] 1 : complaint used esp. in admiralty and divorce cases 2 a : a defamatory statement or representation esp. in the form of written or printed words ;specif : a false published statement
innuendo
a parenthetical explanation of the text of a legal document ;esp : an explanation in a complaint for defamation of the defamatory meaning of a statement by the defendant which is not defamatory on its face compare
fair comment
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
colloquium
colloquium [Latin, talk, discussion, from colloqui to converse] : the part of a complaint for defamation in which the plaintiff avers that the defamatory remarks related to him or her
Slander
Slander, the malicious defamation of a person bywords; as a libel is by writing, etc. It is actionable in the following cases:
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