Tag: Libel and Slander

  • Damages

    Definition of Damages The award by court or prior mutual agreement for a breach of contract. In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Damages : A sum of money awarded by a court as compensation for a tort or a breach of contract. Damages are usually a […]

  • Damages

    Definition of Damages The award by court or prior mutual agreement for a breach of contract. In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Damages : A sum of money awarded by a court as compensation for a tort or a breach of contract. Damages are usually a […]

  • Defamation

    Definition of Defamation In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Defamation : The *publication of a statement about a person that tends to lower his reputation in the opinion of right-thinking members of the community or to make them shun or avoid him. […]

  • Rumor

    Meaning of Rumor The following is an old definition of Rumor [1]: Popular report. In England, and in some of the States, it has been held that in an action of slander, under the general issue, the defendant may prove, in mitigation of damages, that when the words were uttered a general rumor […]

  • Liquidated Damages

    Liquidated Damages in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by Adrian Chandler and Ian Brown, Liquidated Damages may have the following meaning: see damage – n. Loss or harm. Not all forms […]

  • Damage

    Definition of Damage In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Damage : Loss or harm. Not all forms of damage give rise to a right of action; for example, an occupier of land must put up with a reasonable amount of noise from his neighbours (See nuisance), and…