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Home Dictionary Name: libel per quodlibel per quod
libel per quod : libel that is actionable only when the plaintiff introduces additional facts to show defamation or claims special damages ...
per quod
per quod [Latin, whereby] : on the basis of or with reference to extrinsic circumstances [statements are considered defamatory per quod if the defamatory character of the statement is not apparent on its face "Kolegas v. Heftel Broadcasting Corp., 607 N.E.2d 201 (1992)"] [a per quod claim for loss of consortium] compare per se ...
libel per se
libel per se : libel that is actionable without the plaintiff introducing additional facts to show defamation or claiming special damages ...
Per quod
Per quod (whereby), a phrase formerly made use of by a plaintiff in a declaration alleging special damage, without which an action would not have been maintainable.means on the basis of or with reference to extrinsic circumstances, Kolegas v. Heftel Broadcasting Corp., 607 NE 2d 201 (1992)....
Per quod servitium amisit
Per quod servitium amisit, words used by a plaintiff in his claim for damages from a defendant who has deprived him of the services of his servant by a wrongful act. See, e.g., Martinez v. Gerber, (1841) 3 M. & G. 88; The Amerika, 1917, AC at p. 38; SEDUCTION....
Quando aliquid mandatur, mandatur et omne per quod pervenitur ad illud
Quando aliquid mandatur, mandatur et omne per quod pervenitur ad illud. 5 Rep. 116, (When anything is commanded, everything by which it can be accomplished is also commanded.)...
per se
per se [Latin, by, of, or in itself] 1 : inherently, strictly, or by operation of statute, constitutional provision or doctrine, or case law [the transaction was illegal per se] see also negligence per se at negligence nuisance per se at nuisance 2 : without proof of special damages or reference to extrinsic circumstances [defamatory statements that were actionable per se] compare per quod adj : being such inherently, clearly, or by operation of statute, constitutional provision or doctrine, or case law [it is clear that licensing of adult entertainment establishments is not a per se violation of the First Amendment "Club Southern Burlesque, Inc. v. City of Carrollton, 457 S.E.2d 816 (1995)"] [a per se conflict of interest] ...
Libel
Libel [fr. libellus, Lat.; libelle, Fr.]. False defamatory words, if written and published, constitute a libel: Odgers on libel, p. 1. 'Everything printed or written, which reflects on the character of another, and is published without lawful justification or excuse, is a libel whatever the intention may have been', O'Brien v. Clement, (1846) 15 M & W 435, per Parke, B. A statement in a talking film is a libel and not merely a slander, Yossopoff v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture Corporation, 78 Sol Jo 617. As to publication by dictation, etc., to a typist, see Osborn v. Boulter & Son, (1930) 2 KB 226. All contumelious matter that tends to degrade a man in the opinion of his neighbours, or to make him ridiculous, will amount (when conveyed in writing, or by picture, effigy, or the like, Monson v. Tussauds, Ltd., (1894)1 QB 671, to libel. A writing of fictitious character which incidentally contains the name of a real person may be a libel: see Jones v. Hulton & Co., 1910 AC 20, where Lord ...
Frustra Fit per plura, quod fieri potest per pauciora
Frustra Fit per plura, quod fieri potest per pauciora [Lat.], that is uselessly done by more (words) which may be done by fewer....
Quod per me non possum, nec per alium
Quod per me non possum, nec per alium (4 Co. 24), what I cannot do in person, I cannot do by proxy....
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