publication of a defamatory matter

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• publication — To make public; to make known to people in general; to bring before public; to exhibit, display, disclose or reveal. Tiffany Productions v. Dewing, D.C. Md., 50 F.2d 911, 914. The act of publishing anything; offering it to public notice, or… …   Black's law dictionary

• Defamation — This article is about the malicious statement. For the 2009 film, see Defamation (film). Libel and Slander redirect here. For other uses, see Libel (disambiguation) and Slander (disambiguation). Vilification and Calumny redirect here. For the… …   Wikipedia

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• Libel — • A malicious publication by writing, printing, picture, effigy, sign, or otherwise than by mere speech, which exposes any living person, or the memory of any person deceased, to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or obloquy, or which causes or tends to …   Catholic encyclopedia

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• Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation — Infobox Court Case name=Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation court=High Court of Australia date decided=8 July 1997 full name=David Russell Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation citations=… …   Wikipedia

• Criminal libel — is a legal term, of English origin, which may be used with one of two distinct meanings, in those common law jurisdictions where it is still used. It is an alternative name for the common law offence which is also known (in order to distinguish… …   Wikipedia

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• Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox — Film Corp., 80 N.Y.S.2d 575 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1948), aff d, 87 N.Y.S.2d 430 (N.Y. App. Div. 1949), was a copyright lawsuit. In The Iron Curtain , a 1948 motion picture depicting Soviet espionage in Canada, Twentieth Century Fox used compositions by… …   Wikipedia

• defamation — de·fa·ma·tion /ˌde fə mā shən/ n 1: communication to third parties of false statements about a person that injure the reputation of or deter others from associating with that person see also libel, slander; new york times co. v. sullivan in the… …   Law dictionary

• Landmark Education litigation — Since its adoption of approximately its current structure in 1991, Landmark Education LLC (LE) has become involved in a variety of legal proceedings, as a plaintiff, as a defendant, or as a subject relevant to other lawsuits. Many of these cases… …   Wikipedia