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Defamation

Legal term · Criminal law and torts

Defamation

  • Type: Legal term
  • Area of law: Criminal law and torts

1 What it means

Harming a person's reputation by false statements made to others. It is both a civil wrong and an offence.

2 Use it in a sentence

Truth for the public good is a defence to defamation.

3 Make it stick

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