 | Joseph Chitty - Criminal law - 1819 - 710 pages
...individuals. It is said to be " a malicious defamation tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule," Hawk. b< 1.e. 73. s. 1. And nothing can be clearer than that truth is no justification of defamatory... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Criminal law - 1819 - 542 pages
...said to be " a malicious defamation tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the repuutinn of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule," Hawk. b. 1. c. 73. s. 1. And nothing can be clearer than that truth is no justification of defamatory... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Sir Edward Hall Alderson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1820 - 818 pages
...defamation, ex pressed either in printing or writing, and tending either to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. But it is said, that in .larger sense, the notion of a libel may be applied to any defamation whatsoever,... | |
 | William Hawkins - Criminal procedure - 1824 - 838 pages
...defamation, expressed either in printing or writing, and tending either to blacken the memory of one who is dead, («) or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public 5 Coke, 125. 5 Mod. 165, 166. 167. Salk. 418. Str. 422.791. 12 Mod. 221. is!IMod.*gi93.' hatred> contempt,... | |
 | Thomas Peake - Evidence (Law) - 1824 - 838 pages
...in printing or writing, or by signs end pictures, and with intent to blacken the me. mory of on«- dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to publie batn-d, «ontempt, and ridicule Commonwealth v. Clap, 4 Mast. Rep 16.4. No «ctinn c»n hr maintained... | |
 | John Collyer - Criminal law - 1828 - 700 pages
...expressed either in printing or writing, and tending either to blacken the .162 memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule: 1 Haw. PCc 99, *. 1. It has also been described an being either in icriptis (in which case it may be... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1828 - 880 pages
...Haickins defines a libel, to be a malicious defamation, tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive : and expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule. (Hawk. b. 1, ch. 73, s. 1.) Chilly remarks, that the term malicious is introduced by Hawkins into the... | |
 | e. & g.w. blunt - 1828 - 884 pages
...Hawkins defines a libel, to be a malicious defamation, tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive : and expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule. (Haiek.bl, eh. 73, «. 1.) Chilly remarks, that the term malicious is introduced by Hawkins into the... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - Common law - 1835 - 618 pages
...malicious publication, expressed either in printing or writing, or by signs or pictures, tending either to blacken the memory of the dead, or the reputation...expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule." To the correctness of this definition no objection can be now urged. It rests upon the authority of... | |
 | Esek Cowen, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 826 pages
...public either by printing, writing, sign*, or picture?, tending to blacken the memory of one who H dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule. Root v. King t 613 2. Malice is essential to maintain either a public prosecution, or an action for... | |
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A libel is a malicious publication, expressed either in printing or writing, or by signs and pictures, tending either to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. 
