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Libel
generally, consult Odgers or Fraser on Libel; also Addison on Torts, and Clerk and Lindsell on Torts. See FAIR COMMENT; JUSTIFICATION; PUBLICATION; and SLANDER. As to trade libels, it has been held by the House of Lords in
Justification
(see (English) R.S.C., Order XXXVI., r. 37); but it is otherwise if the plea is only one of fair comment, Digby v. Financial News, Ltd., (1907) 1 KB 502. Consult Odgers on Libel. Means (1) A lawful or
Malice
see Clark v. Mloyneux, (1877) 3 QBD 246. Similarly, proof of actual malice will defeat the defence of fair comment. See Odgers on Libel. An act lawful in itself is not converted by malice into an actionable wrong,
cause
removal of a trustee] just cause 1 : cause that a person of ordinary intelligence would consider a fair and reasonable justification for an act used esp. in cases involving termination of employment and denial of unemployment … conduct is not a of divorce embraced within the statutory cause of cruel and inhuman treatment "Case & Comment"] b : case [questions of law…determinative of the then pending "R. T. Gerwatowski"] 4 in the civil law
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