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Slander, the malicious defamation of a person bywords; as a libel is by writing, etc. It is actionable in the following cases: (1) where the words impute a criminal offence; (2) where they impute misconduct in a public office; (3) where they are spoken in reference to a person's trade or profession, see Jones v. Jones, (1916) 2 AC 481; (4) where they impute a contagious disease likely to cause exclusion from society, e.g., venereal disease; (5) where the speaking of them is productive of special damage.The slander of a woman by imputation on her chastity was first made actionable without special damage by the Slander of Women Act, 1891; but under this Act no more costs than damages can be recovered unless the judge certifies there was reasonable ground for bringing the action.Slander of Title, a false and malicious statement, either oral or in writing, tending to cut down the title to some right or property vested in the plaintiff. It is not actionable without proof of special damage, ...
slander
slander : to utter slander against slan·der·er n n [Anglo-French esclandre, from Old French escandle esclandre scandal, from Late Latin scandalum moral stumbling block, disgrace, from Greek skandalon, literally, snare, trap] 1 : defamation of a person by unprivileged oral communication made to a third party ;also : defamatory oral statements 2 : the tort of oral defamation [sued his former employer for ] compare defamation, false light, libel NOTE: An action for slander may be brought without alleging and proving special damages if the statements in question have a plainly harmful character, as by imputing to the plaintiff criminal guilt, serious sexual misconduct, or conduct or a characteristic affecting his or her business or profession. slan·der·ous [slan-də-rəs] adj slan·der·ous·ly adv slan·der·ous·ness n ...
slander of title
slander of title :a false and malicious written or spoken public statement disparaging a person's title to property that causes harm for which special damages may be awarded [damages for the filing of a fraudulent lien and for slander of title "M & P Concrete Prods. v. Woods, 590 So. 2d 429 (1991)"] called also defamation of title disparagement of property disparagement of title compare defamation, disparagement ...
Slanderous
Given or disposed to slander uttering slander...
slander of goods
slander of goods :disparagement ...
Slanderer
One who slanders a defamer a calumniator...
Slander of title
Slander of title, means a false and malicious written or spoken public statement disparaging a person's title to property that cause harm for which special damages may be awarded, M&P Concrete Prods. v. Woods, 590 So 2d 429 (1991)...
Defamation
Defamation, an intentional false communication, either published or publicly spoken, that injures another's reputation or good name, holding up of a person to reduce, Scorn or contempt 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) to the prejudice of a person's character, in such wise as to support an action by such person against the speaker or writer. The ecclesiastical courts had formerly a concurrent jurisdiction in such an action, but such jurisdiction was abolished in 1855 by 18 & 19 Vict. c. 41. See LIBEL 'SLANDER. Consult Odgers on Libel and Slander.The act of a defaulter: Embezzlement or misappropriation of public or trust funds: Diminution, abatement, excision of any part of a customary allowance; a cutting off, a diminution by way of deficit....
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 in tort: see as to county Court jurisdiction in actions of tort when claim is under 100l. (except libel, slander seduction). See County Courts Act, 1934, s. 40, and as to costs of actions of tort commenced in High Court which could have been commenced in County Court, see s. 47, and COUNTY COURT. An action founded on tort was 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 in tort: see as to county Court jurisdiction in actions of tort when claim is under 100l. (except libel, slander seduction). See County Courts Act, 1934, s. 40, and as to costs of actions of tort commenced in High Court whic...
Case, action on the
Case, action on the. The action on the case lay where a party sued for damages for any wrong or cause of complaint (such as negligence, or breach of contract not under seal) to which covenant or trespass did not apply. Statutory sanction was obtained for this form of action under the Statute of Westminster 2 (13 Edw. 1, c. 24), which regulated and limited the increasing practice of framing new writs by officers of the Crown and empowered the Clerks in Chancery to frame new writs in consimili casu with writs then in existence, see Pollock on Torts and Law Quarterly Review, Vol. 52, p. 68. Under the statutory sanction many new writs which were analogous to the writ of trespass, or in consimili casu with that action, were invented and issued under the appellation of 'trespass on the case' (brevia 'de transgressione super casum') as being founded on the particular circumstances of the case thus requiring a remedy, and to distinguish them from the old writ of trespass; and the injuries them...
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