Slander and Libel
Submitted by Ian Bowles on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 10:18The common law origins of defamation lie in the torts of slander (harmful statement in a transitory form, especially speech) and libel (harmful statement in a fixed medium, especially writing but also a picture, sign, or electronic broadcast), each of which gives a common law right of action.
So you see, written defamation should be correctly referred to as libel while spoken defamation should be referred to as slander.
Defamation easily kills two birds with one stone.
Not trying to knit-pick or be condescending. Its just kinda been bothering me.
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