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I don't know which dictionary you used, but any dictionary I checked says libel is a false statement. I checked oxford and merriam webster. http://www.merriam-
by graeme 12y ago
I don't know which dictionary you used, but any dictionary I checked says libel is a false statement. I checked oxford and merriam webster.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libel http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libel
The definition you cited appears to come from Cornell's Wex legal dictionary. The libel page says libel is a form of defamation, and the defamation page says defamation involves falsehood.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/libel https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/libel
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/defamation https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/defamation
You said, in an earlier comment "Calling some one on twitter is libel pure and simple, true or not it doesn't matter."
That's just not correct, you're using the word libel wrong.
- dogma1138 12y agoWell since we had a "legal" discussion, i thought i would use a legal terms dictionary, so is the one i used ;) https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/libel https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/libel Apparently based on actual court cases the falseness of a statement is not a necessity what is tho is the malicious intent to cause damages. So not sure where you got that it has to be false, not from that link for sure.
- graeme 12y agoAs I said above, libel is a form of defamation; that's on the libel page. And if you click through to defamation, it says a defamation case (such as libel or slander) must prove four elements: 1) a false statement purporting to be fact; 2) publication or communication of that statement to a third person; 3) fault; and 4) damages, or some harm caused to the person or entity who is the subject of the statement. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/defamation https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/defamation The comments about malice on the libel page relate to punitive damages. That has nothing to do with the elements of libel itself.