A false, public statement about a person that damages his reputation and exposes him to public scorn or condemnation.
The act of insulting or damaging a person's character or reputation.
The act of injuring the reputation of another through either libel or slander.
That which tends to injure a person's reputation. (See libel and slander.)
Transmission to others of false statements that harm the reputation, business, or property rights of a person. See libel, slander, and RCW 4.36.120. Class
a false statement made publicly which has the effect of harming another's reputation
an imputation that harms a reputation
The making of an untrue or unjustified statement against another person, whether oral or written, which tends to lower that person in the eyes of right thinking members of society. See also Libel and Slander Close
Written or oral statements made by one person to another, and made public ("published"), which tend to bring the character or reputation of that person into disrepute, or to expose them to unreasonable personal embarrassment. Defamation is called "libel" if it is printed and "slander" if it is oral. Truth is an absolute defense to defamation, and under some circumstances even untruths may be privileged and immune from liability.
the publication of a false or derogatory statement about another person without lawful justification. (p. 250)
Libel or a false statement that attacks the reputation of a person in the community.
A statement that injures someone's reputation and exposes him to public contempt, hatred, ridicule or condemnation. If the statement is published in print or through broadcast media it is libel, if it is only spoken it is slander. There are various defences however to a defamation so that not all defamations entitle the person defamed to damages.
An oral or written statement damaging a person's character.
A communication that lowers the personal or professional reputation of a third party, ridicules them, or leads others to shun and avoid them.
The tort of publishing a false and derogatory statement about a person without lawful justification
Any derogatory statement which is designed to injure a person's business or reputation. Defamation can be accomplished as libel or slander.
Injury to a person's character, fame, or reputation by false and malicious statements.
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That which tends to injure a persons reputation. Libel is published defamation, whereas slander is spoken.
An intentional false communication that injures another person's good name or reputation.
A form of misrepresentation. Many state laws provide penalties for verbal or printed circulation of materials calculated to injure any life insurance company's business or reputation, or for the abetting of such acts.
The publishing of a statement which may lower a person in society's estimation.
A statement made orally or in writing that impugns a person's character.
The publication of a false and derogatory statement without a lawful excuse. See DEFAMATION.
Injury to another's reputation by a public utterance: print (libel) or oral (slander).
Causing a reputation to be damaged, either in writing (libel) or spoken (slander).
The act of injuring someone's reputation by publishing, either in writing or orally, damaging information about them.
A statement that harms the reputation of a person so much as to lower such person in the estimation of the community or to deter third persons from associating or dealing with him or her.
An oral or written statement communicated to a third party which impugns a person's reputation in the community.
An intentionally made false communication, either spoken (slander) or published (libel) that injures another's reputation.
defamation is an injury to a person's character or reputation such that a right thinking person would think less of the injured person as a result of the injurious act. For there to be a defamation, the person injured must be living. There are two types of defamation, libel which is a defamation which is written down and slander which is a spoken defamation. It is a defense to an action for defamation that the words said or written were true.
Harming the reputation of another by making false statements to a third party, thus exposing the individual to ridicule, hatred, contempt or condemnation. May be criminal or civil. Includes libel and slander.
Damage of a person's reputation, character, or good name via something that is written ( libel) or spoken ( slander).
a false statement that is made about someone or some entity that damages their reputation.
Injuring one's character, reputation or good name by making false and malicious statements. (Includes both libel and slander)
Injury to another's reputation by making false statements.
Libelous or slanderous statements that cause injury to another person.
Words tending to injure a person's reputation.
a false statement by one tending to lower the opinion of the pursuer in the minds of others, communicated to a person other than the pursuer
Written or spoken words which are untrue and have the effect of harming the reputation of a person or business.
The offense of injuring a person's character, fame, or reputation by false and malicious unprotected statements.
An attack on the good reputation of a person, by slander or libel.