Slander
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 2 U.S. 58 - Rue v. Mitchell · 1790Most cited · 3 citing opinions
meaning by reception
The sense in which words are received by the world, is the sense which Courts of Justice ought to ascribe to them, on the trial of actions for slander. Slander imports an injury; and the injury must arise from the manner in which the slanderous language is understood.