Defamation
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defamation · defamatory · libel · slander · the wrong of defamation
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The Law of Torts
The general legal wrong of injuring another's reputation, encompassing both slander and libel.
and this necessary element of the wrongful act is technically called publication.
” It is commonly said that defamation to be actionable must be malicious, and the old form of pleading added “maliciously” to “falsely.
The actionable or innocent character of words depends not on the intention with which they were published, but on their actual meaning and tendency when published.