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false light
Matched in: Term false light
False lights
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False signal, or lights
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Lighthouse
enacts that the expenses of Colonial lights are to be paid out of the General Lighthouse Fund. See FALSE LIGHTS. (Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act, 1898, 161 & 62, Vict. c. 44). … Lighthouse, a building, from which lights are shown to guide ships at sea. The power of erecting and maintaining
defamation
person see also libel, slander New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in the Important Cases section compare disparagement, false light, slander of title 2 : a defamatory communication [every repetition of the is a publication "W. L. Prosser
invasion of privacy
there is no legitimate public interest, or by publicizing information that unreasonably places him or her in a false light see also privacy compare right of privacy, zone of privacy
slander
defamatory oral statements 2 : the tort of oral defamation [sued his former employer for ] compare defamation, false light, libel NOTE: An action for slander may be brought without alleging and proving special damages if the statements
Mislight
To deceive or lead astray with a false light
fraud
in this entry used esp. in New Jersey extrinsic fraud : fraud (as that involved in making a false offer of compromise) that induces one not to present a case in court or deprives one of the … : actual fraud in this entry fraud in law : fraud that is presumed to have occurred in light of the circumstances irrespective of intent to deceive fraud in the factum : fraud in which the deception
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