defamation case

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defamation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌdef.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌdef.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/
the action of damaging the reputation of a person or group by saying or writing bad things about them that are ...
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case
noun
uk
/keɪs/us
/keɪs/
a particular situation or example ...
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(Definition ofdefamationandcasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The fact that adefamationcasewas raised by someone accused of theft did not make them innocent.
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Clearly the interests of justice will demand in adefamationcasethat the source of the information should be disclosed.
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The journalist might be protected in adefamationcaseif malice is an issue.
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Of course the individual should not have brought thedefamationcase.
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That was not of course adefamationcasebut it applies equally to defamation in particular.
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Everyone who has acted in adefamationcasefor the defendants realises the value of investigative journalism, particularly in a country as obsessively secret as ours.
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I do not see that, as regards striking out or dismissal for want of prosecution, adefamationcaseis entitled to any preferential treatment over any other kind of proceeding.
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The following year, he was charged with perjury for having told lies to the court in hisdefamationcase.
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The result was a holding that the right to freedom of expression was horizontally applicable in adefamationcase.
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He disappeared in the fall of 1935 after adefamationcasewas brought against him.
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After the reforms, defendants can defend adefamationcaseon the basis of truth alone (i.e. their comments were true).
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A defendant using truth as a defense in adefamationcaseis not required to justify every word of the alleged defamatory statements.
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The damage may be physical, purely economic, both physical and economic (loss of earnings following a personal injury), or reputational (in adefamationcase).
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Whether the plaintiff has any right of reply in adefamationcasewill be determined under the law of the state where the broadcaster or publisher is established.
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While the damage from a breach of confidentiality can never be undone, justifiying a simple test for issuing injunctions, adefamationcasethat is won vindicates the injured party.
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In some areas sheriffs were willing to hear defamation cases.
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But the main courts with jurisdiction over defamation cases were local commissary courts.
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Plaintiffs in defamation cases frequently say that all they really wanted was swift vindication and a prompt public recognition that they had been wronged.
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Therefore, there was not such a feeling of unfairness in not allowing defamation cases to fall within the ambit of legal aid.
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It favours undeserving people very often in getting damages in these defamation cases.
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