A Digest of the Law of Libel and Slander: And of Actions on the Case for Words Causing Damage, with the Evidence, Procedure, Practice, and Precedents of Pleadings, Both in Civil and Criminal Cases |
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Common terms and phrases
11 Times L. R. absolutely privileged action lay action of libel advertisement affidavit alleged appear averment Bing bona fide character charge committed common law conduct contempt of court costs County Court criminal defamation defamatory words defendant's words duty Eliz entitled et ux evidence of malice fact fair false guilty held husband imputation indictment injunction injure innuendo intended issue Jones judge judgment jurisdiction jury justice L. J. Ch L. J. Ex L. T. Old letter liable libel or slander Lord Lord Campbell's Act Lord Esher magistrate matter of public meaning ment mitigation of damages newspaper occasion offence particular party person plaintiff plea pleaded printed proceedings proprietor prosecution prosecutor prove public interest Raym reason Scott servant Smith solicitor special damage spoken Statement of Claim tion trade trial unless verdict Vict wife words complained
Popular passages
Page 507 - I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall.
Page 831 - ... as if actions for libel had not been excepted from the personal actions in which it is lawful to pay money into Court under...
Page 677 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine, shall be permitted to be made by witnesses ; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and Jury as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the writing in dispute.
Page 487 - Realm, shall by Writing, Printing, Teaching, or advised Speaking deny any one of the Persons in the Holy Trinity to be God, or shall assert or maintain there are more Gods than one, or shall deny the Christian Religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be of Divine Authority...
Page 828 - Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that on every such trial the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue...
Page 821 - Defendant to prove that such publication was made without his authority, consent or knowledge, and that the said publication did not arise from want of due care or caution on his part.
Page 804 - King there being, in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Page 231 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 389 - Mental pain or anxiety the law cannot value, and does not pretend to redress when the unlawful act complained of causes that alone; though, where a material damage occurs and is connected with it, it is impossible a jury in estimating it should altogether overlook the feelings of the party interested.
Page 78 - That an action will lie for written or oral falsehoods not actionable per se, nor even defamatory, where they are maliciously published, where they are calculated, in the ordinary course of things to produce, and where they do produce, actual damage, is established law.