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Publisher of libellous matter

Publisher of libellous matter, is liable both civilly and criminally in respect of any such matter he may publish, and his

Belibel

To libel or traduce to calumniate

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Interlibel

To libel mutually

Libelist

A libeler

Newspaper

judgment of the Court. No prosecution under this Act may be commenced without the sanction of the Attorney-general. Libel.--Under the (English) Libel Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 96), s. 2, the defendant in any action

Payment of Money into Court

(English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 70, the defendant in all actions (except for assault and battery false imprisonment, libel, slander, malicious arrest or prosecution or seduction) might pay into Court a sum of money by way of

Publication

also 'the communication of defamatory words to some person or persons other than the person defamed' (Odgers on Libel). The publication of fair reports of legal proceedings in Court (other than ex parte proceedings) is a Common

Fox's Act

Fox's Act, 32 Geo. 3, c. 60 [the (English) Libel Act, 1792], which secured to juries, upon indictments for libel, the right of pronouncing a general verdict of

Press

only to this--that he must take the consequences, if a jury should deem his words defamatory (Odgers on Libel, p. 10). 'The liberty of the Press consists in printing without any previous licence, subject to the consequences

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