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Public right
the relation of an individual (relator) who becomes liable for the costs, but if the individual has suffered special damage or some private right has been interfered with specially, the Attorney-General is not an essential party to the
Per quod
Per quod (whereby), a phrase formerly made use of by a plaintiff in a declaration alleging special damage, without which an action would not have been maintainable. means on the basis of or with reference to
Offence
be classed with ordinary Common Law and statutory offences; and it is no slander to impute them unless special damage follows. Other offences are divided into three classes, viz.:- (1) Treasons; (2) Felonies; and (3) Misdemeanours. See several
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Non-user
and immediate cause of forfeiture; but non-user of a private office is no cause of forfeiture, unless some special damage is proved to be occasioned thereby, 2 Bl. Com. 153; and see LETTERS PATENT. [S. 38, expln. II,
Maintenance
Lamson Store Service Co., (1908) 1 KB 1006. An action for maintenance does not lie without proof of special damage. The success of the maintained actions is not a bar to the right of action for maintenance, Neville
Chastity
Chastity, an imputation on the chastity of a woman is now actionable without special damage. See SLANDER.
slander
] 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 … 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,
per se
se] see also negligence per se at negligence nuisance per se at nuisance 2 : without proof of special damages or reference to extrinsic circumstances [defamatory statements that were actionable per se] compare per quod adj : … see also negligence per se at negligence nuisance per se at nuisance 2 : without proof of special damages or reference to extrinsic circumstances [defamatory statements that were actionable per se] compare per quod adj : being
libel per se
per se : libel that is actionable without the plaintiff introducing additional facts to show defamation or claiming special damages … se : libel that is actionable without the plaintiff introducing additional facts to show defamation or claiming special damages
libel per quod
quod : libel that is actionable only when the plaintiff introduces additional facts to show defamation or claims special damages … : libel that is actionable only when the plaintiff introduces additional facts to show defamation or claims special damages
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