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Damages
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)
Criticism, comment
book, play, or picture submitted for public approval. As to when criticism is fair and honest and no libel, see Joynt v. Cycle Trade Publishing Co., (1904) 2 KB 292; Thomas v. Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Ltd.,
Corporation or body politic
name, and holds and enjoys property by such name. A corporation can sue or be sued for a libel, but it cannot one in respect of an imputation of murder, or incest, or adultery, because it could
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Article
Article [articulus, Lat.], a complaint exhibited in the Ecclesiastical Court by way of libel. The different parts of a libel, responsive allegation, or counter allegation in the Ecclesiastical Courts. Means (as respects
Innuendo
(innuendo-i.e., meaning the plaintiff) did so and so, 4 Rep. 17. Its ordinary use is in actions of libel and slander, where it may be defined as 'a statement by the plaintiff of the construction which he
Measure of damage
the act complained of. The exception is those ases where vindictive or exemplary damages can be given, e.g., libel, slander, violence, malice, cruelty, or breach of promise of marriage. The actual loss cannot always be recovered, as
Not guilty
Not guilty, a plea by way of traverse which occurred in actions of trespass, libel, or other tort, and amounted to a denial only of the breach of duty or wrongful act alleged
Nemo tenetur prodere seipsum
Act, 1872, s. 51, the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, s. 20, and the (English) Law of Libel Amendment Act, 1888, s. 9, and finally the general (English) Criminal Evidence Act, 1898 (see that title), make
H'retico comburendo, De
they might have done before the Act; see 53 Geo. 3, c. 127, s. 3. Consult Odgers on Libel
Malice
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, Allen v. Flood, 1898
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