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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

(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

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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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

Public meeting

Newspaper reports of public meetings (unless such report or publication was published or made maliciously) are 'privileged' (see LIBEL) by the (English) Law of Libel Amendment Act, 1888, which, for the purposes of that Act, defines a

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