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Barrister, or Barrastor

action for negligence or unskilfulness; or for any words spoken in court, however malicious or irrelevant (Odgers on Libel and Slander, 6th Edn., 196). For a great number of years it had not been considered requisite that

Blasphemy

however, has recently declined to follow this case; see Re Bowman, (1915) 2 Ch 447. Consult Odgers on Libel and Slander, 6th Edn., 400. And see SWEARING. Irreverence toward God, religion, a religious icon or something else

Exemplary damages

other circumstances of aggravation. In Belt. v. Lawes, (1884) 2 QBD 356, an action by a sculptor for libellously styling him an impostor, the jury awarded 5,000l. damages, and a rule for a new trial on the

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Breach of privilege

performance of its functions and thereby lower dignity and authority such as disobedience of its legitimate orders or libel upon itself or its member or officers which are called contempt of the House, Practice and Procedure of

British museum

23. In Martin v. British Museum Trustees, (1894) 10 TLR 338, the plaintiff failed to recover for a libel in a pamphlet bought by the defendants and placed in the library for public use.

Campbell's (Lord) Acts (English)

Campbell's (Lord) Acts (English)-(1) for amending the practice in prosecutions for libel (see that title), 6 & 7 Vict. c. 96 (the LibelAct,1843); and (2) the Fatal Accidents Act,1846, now,

Case, action on the

term of art. For different kinds of actions of trespass on the case, see Malicious Prosecution; Negligence; Deceit; Libel; Slander; Seduction; Lights; Ways; Seducing From Service. A proceeding, action, suit or controversy at law or in equity,

Consultation

the King's Court, is returned thither again; for if the judges of the King's Court, upon comparing the libel with the suggestion of the party, find the suggestion false or not proved, and therefore the cause to

Contempt of court

which the Court acts in such cases, see R. v. Payne, (1896) 1 QB 580. See Odgers on Libel, 5th Edn. Pp. 535 et seq.; Oswald's Contempt of Court; and CRIME. Contempt of Court is disobedience to

Copia libelli deliberanda

Copia libelli deliberanda, a writ that lay where a man could not get a copy of a libel at the

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