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Libel Per Quod In Florida, Richard C. Ausness
Libel Per Quod In Florida, Richard C. Ausness
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The purpose of this article is to trace the development of the rules of defamation with particular reference to extrinsic fact. A defamatory communication is one that tends to diminish the esteem, respect, good will, or confidence in which a person is held or to excite adverse, derogatory, or unpleasant feelings or opinions against him. To be actionable under the modem law, however, the defendant's statement must be capable of a defamatory meaning in the sense normally understood.
Defamation consists of the separate torts of libel and slander. Historically, these torts evolved independently of each other, and as a result …