Libellant - Law Dictionary Search Results
Libellee
Libellee, the suitor-defendant against whom a libel has been filed.
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
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
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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
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
Scandal
p. 1345. Scandal, in pleadings, is injurious, by making the records of the court the means of perpetuating libellous and malignant slanders; and the Court, in aid of the public morals, is bound to interfere to suppress
Privilege
in court--this includes judge's chambers; so clergymen as to divine service. See also the following titles and DISTRESS; LIBEL. The word privilege is sufficiently wide to include an immunity, Mohanlal Jain v. His Highness Maharaja Shri Sawai
Record, Courts of
court, in facie curi'. See Co. Litt. 117 b, 260 a; Odgers on the Common Law; Odgers on Libel.
Reputation
credit, honour, character, good name. Injuries to one's reputation, which is a personal right, are defamatory. See CHARACTER; LIBEL. Certain private and public rights may be established by reputation, e.g., highways [Austin's case, (1672) 1 Vent. 181];
Scripture
Divine authority of Scripture entails deprivation of all offices ecclesiastical, civil, or military. See CHISTIANITY. Consult Odgers on Libel, 5th Edn. p. 485.
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