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Defamation

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001521

The act of making a false statement about another person that harms their reputation. This can take the form of libel, which is written defamation, or slander, which is spoken defamation. To prove defamation, the plaintiff must generally show that the statement was published, false, injurious, and unprivileged.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001521
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001521",
  "term": "Defamation",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The act of making a false statement about another person that harms their reputation. This can take the form of libel, which is written defamation, or slander, which is spoken defamation. To prove defamation, the plaintiff must generally show that the statement was published, false, injurious, and unprivileged.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/defamation/"
}

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