defamatory statement

A defamatory statement in an email can lead to litigation.

Professor Jew said the sexually defamatory statements had damaged her career.

The suit contended that they had made "false and defamatory statements."

Initially the request was dismissed because of defamatory statement made by the police commissioner.

The courts will not stop publication of defamatory statements in any case where the person who wants to make them is prepared to defend.

A defamatory statement is presumed to be false unless the defendant can prove its truth.

Slander is a defamatory statement made by word of mouth or by gesture.

"That exposes financial institutions to defamatory statements and libel."

Under the law, the issue of liability for false and defamatory statements was settled by the jury in its civil verdict on July 13.

However the number of people who had access to the defamatory statement may be relevant for assessing the amount of damages.

The suit, which is still pending, accused them of making defamatory statements leading to unlawful prosecution.

One of the major and most discussed changes concerned defences to publication of defamatory statements.

It can also be a recantation of a defamatory statement in Scots Law.

This was subsequently used by the planters in their prosecution of Long for publishing defamatory statements.

Furthermore, the calculation for lost profits was calculated on a national scale, against the regional nature of the defamatory statements.

A defendant using truth as a defense in a defamation case is not required to justify every word of the alleged defamatory statements.

Porter is seeking $4 million in damages for alleged defamatory statements made by the union using its Twitter account.

Its property or its business may be injured by defamatory statements whether written or oral.

In that case, a New Jersey newspaper published an article containing defamatory statements about the plaintiff.

"They issued false and defamatory statements about Judith.

Later, the photographers said, the women "made repeated false and defamatory statements to law enforcement and various media outlets."

Therefore, the Court held that the language of Doe 6's posts were not actionable defamatory statements.

If a defamatory statement is written, such as in a book or in a newspaper, it is called libel.

If a newspaper publishes a defamatory statement, it cannot shift all the blame to the person who uttered it in the first place.

Cubby alleged that CompuServe was the publisher of the defamatory statements.