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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
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
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
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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
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
Sedition
c. 25), if transact-ing no business not relating to the objects of the societies; and the (English) Criminal Libel Act, 1819 (60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4, c. 8). By the (English) Act of 1817, s.
Apology
of Nagpur High Court, AIR 1955 SC 1923. (Contempt of Court Act, 1952, s. 4) --By the (English) Libel Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 96), s. 1, (commonly called Lord Campbell's Act), a defendant in
Defamation
in a respectable an considerable part of the community; may be criminal as well as civil. Includes both libel and slander. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 499) Defamation, general term for words spoken (slander) or written (libel)
Justification
in court why the defendant did what he is called upon to answer, particularly in an action of libel; a defence of justification is a defence showing the libel to be true, or in an action of
Tort
Tort [fr. tortus, Lat.], an injury or wrong independent of contract, as by assault, libel, malicious prosecution, negligence, slander, or trespass (see those titles). Actions are divided into actions in contract and actions
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