Portrayal - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: portrayalPortray
To paint or draw the likeness of as to portray a king on horseback...
Portrayal
The act or process of portraying description delineation...
Portrayer
One who portrays...
false light
false light : an untrue or misleading portrayal [unreasonably placed their family in a false light before the public "Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co., 419 U.S. 245 (1974)"] ;also : an invasion of privacy tort that is based on injury to the victim's reputation by such a portrayal (as in a publication) compare defamation, libel, slander NOTE: The false light cause of action is not recognized in all jurisdictions. Where it is recognized, the misrepresentation creating the false light does not need to be defamatory, but it must be offensive or objectionable to a reasonable person and made with knowledge of its inaccuracy. ...
Delineate
Delineated portrayed...
Delineation
The act of representing portraying or describing as by lines diagrams sketches etc drawing an outline as the delineation of a scene or face in drawing and engraving representation by means of lines as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades accurate and minute representation as distinguished from art that is careless of details or subordinates them excessively...
Irrepresentable
Not capable of being represented or portrayed...
macabre
portraying human injury or death in a way so as to inspiring shock or horror gruesome ghastly as macabre tortures conceived by madmen...
Painted
Covered or adorned with paint portrayed in colors...
Pourtray
See Portray...
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