slander

  • 31slander — n. & v. n. 1 a malicious, false, and injurious statement spoken about a person. 2 the uttering of such statements; calumny. 3 Law false oral defamation (cf. LIBEL). v.tr. utter slander about; defame falsely. Derivatives: slanderer n. slanderous… …

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  • 32slander of title — slander of title: a false and malicious written or spoken public statement disparaging a person s title to property that causes harm for which special damages may be awarded damages for the filing of a fraudulent lien and for slander of title M & …

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  • 33Slander (disambiguation) — Slander and libel are false or malicious claims that may harm someone s reputation.Slander may also refer to:* , a book by Ann Coulter * Slander of title (real estate) …

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  • 34slander of goods — slander of goods: disparagement (1) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. slander of goods …

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  • 35Slander of title — In law, slander of title is normally a claim involving real estate in which one entity falsely claims to own another entity s property. Alternatively, it is casting aspersion on someone else s property, business or goods, e.g. claiming a house is …

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  • 36slander of title — Words, written, printed, or uttered, which bring or tend to bring in question the right or title of another to real or personal property. 33 Am J1st L & S § 344. A false and malicious statement, oral or written, made in disparagement of a person… …

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  • 37slander of title — a false and malicious statement disparaging a person s title to property to his special damage; broadly : a disparagement of the property of a person by false and malicious statements to his special damage * * * slander of title, Law. defamatory… …

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  • 38slander — 1. noun a false, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a persons reputation; the making of such a statement 2. verb to utter a …

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  • 39slander — See libel …

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  • 40slander — Synonyms and related words: asperse, assail, attack, backbite, backbiting, backstabbing, barefaced lie, belie, belittlement, bitchiness, blackwash, calumniate, calumniation, calumny, cattiness, character assassination, consummate lie, damage,… …

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