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Payment of Money into Court, i.e., the deposit of money with the official of or banker to the Court for the purpose of proceedings commenced in that Court. Payment into Court is not strictly a defence; it is rather an attempt at a compromise. No such plea was known to the Common Law; it is entirely the creature of Statute (Odgers on Pleading). By the (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 compensation or amends, and by the Libel Act, 1843, money might be paid into Court in actions of libel, but this provision was repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1879.Payment into court is now regulated by (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXII, by which, where any action is brought to recover a debt or damages, any defendant may, before or at the time of delivering his defence, or by leave of the Court or a ...
Libel
Libel [fr. libellus, Lat.; libelle, Fr.]. False defamatory words, if written and published, constitute a libel: Odgers on libel, p. 1. 'Everything printed or written, which reflects on the character of another, and is published without lawful justification or excuse, is a libel whatever the intention may have been', O'Brien v. Clement, (1846) 15 M & W 435, per Parke, B. A statement in a talking film is a libel and not merely a slander, Yossopoff v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture Corporation, 78 Sol Jo 617. As to publication by dictation, etc., to a typist, see Osborn v. Boulter & Son, (1930) 2 KB 226. All contumelious matter that tends to degrade a man in the opinion of his neighbours, or to make him ridiculous, will amount (when conveyed in writing, or by picture, effigy, or the like, Monson v. Tussauds, Ltd., (1894)1 QB 671, to libel. A writing of fictitious character which incidentally contains the name of a real person may be a libel: see Jones v. Hulton & Co., 1910 AC 20, where Lord ...
Slanderous
Given or disposed to slander uttering slander...
disparagement
disparagement 1 : the publication of false and injurious statements that are derogatory of another's property, business, or product called also business disparagement commercial disparagement disparagement of property slander of goods trade libel 2 : slander of title ...
defamation
defamation 1 : communication to third parties of false statements about a person that injure the reputation of or deter others from associating with that person see also libel, slander New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in the Important Cases section compare disparagement, false light, slander of title 2 : a defamatory communication [every repetition of the is a publication "W. L. Prosser and W. P. Keeton"] ...
Innuendo
Innuendo [fr. innuo, Lat., to nod], a word used in statements of claim, indictments, and other pleadings, to ascertain a person or thing named before, or to connect an expression with a certain person; as to say, he (innuendo-i.e., meaning the plaintiff) did so and so, 4 Rep. 17. Its ordinary use is in actions of libel and slander, where it may be defined as 'a statement by the plaintiff of the construction which he puts upon the words himself, and which he will endeavor to in due the jury to adopt at the trial' (Odgers on Libel). Where the words prima facie are not actionable, an innuendo is essential to the action (ibid.). As to interrogatories for the purpose of establishing an innuendo, see Heaton v. Goldney, (1910) 1 KB 754....
Chastity
Chastity, an imputation on the chastity of a woman is now actionable without special damage. See SLANDER....
Colloquium
Colloquium, 1. A talking together; a conversation. 2. An old term in pleading applied to the statement in declaration for libel or slander that the libellous or slanderous imputation had reference to the plaintiff....
Consoritum
Consoritum. The marital right of cohabitation and mutual service. An action for damages lies for loss of consortium or of the services of the spouse if that loss is caused by any wrongful act such as enticement, slander, assault or negligence, see Jackson v. Watson & Sons, (1909) 2 KB 193; and see ENTICEMENT...
Costs
Costs, expenses incurred in litigation or professional transactions, consisting of money paid for stamps, etc., to the officers of the Court, or to the counsel and solicitors, for their fees, etc.Costs in actions are either between solicitor and client, being what are payable in every case to the solicitor by his client, whether he ultimately succeed or not; or between party and party, being those only which are allowed in some particular cases to the party succeeding against his adversary, and these are either interlocutory, given on various motions and proceedings in the course of the suit or action, or final, allowed when the matter is determined.Neither party was entitled to costs at Common Law, but the Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw. 1, c. 4), gave cots to a successful plaintiff, and 2 & 3 Hen. 8, c. 6, and 4 Jac. 1, c. 3, to a victorious defendant; see Garnett v. Bradley, (1878) 3 App Cas 944.In proceedings between the Crown and a subject the general rule is that the Crown neither ...
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