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libel per se
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Damages
an action cannot be sustained unless there is special damage, the subject-matter is described as not being actionable per se. Damages are either liquidated or unliquidated. Whenever the amount to which the plaintiff is entitled can be ascertained … Damages, too, may be further classified as-- (1) Contemptuous Damages, e.g., a farthing verdict in an action for libel, usually indicating that in the opinion of the jury the action ought never to have been brought. (2)
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