 | Law - 1842 - 556 pages
...what is the definition ¿riven of a libel by Mr. Baron Parke, in Purn.iter v. Copeland, e namely, " а publication without justification or lawful excuse,...is calculated to injure the reputation of another, and to bring him into hatred, contempt, or ridicule." This publication ie calculated to produce all... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1842 - 812 pages
....11 , )':..! -jJ !i,.l J'l.HI .«.i\n»il> '}• II.-IJM.. .J1 .1. ••»• ' ' duce that enec,t, is a question upon which a jury, is to exercise their judgment and pronounce theJr ppiniou ^s <iqueftiu» ;• ! ..... r- -i,.1// | r .; . i»..., i ,'.' ..... -> . (n) Cited in... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1843 - 1068 pages
...a criminal prosecution or civil action. Whether the particular publication, the subject of inquiry, is calculated to injure the reputation of another,...exposing him to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, is a question upon which a jury is to exercise their judgment, and pronounce their opinion, as a question... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1843 - 1086 pages
...a criminal prosecution or civil action. Whether the particular publication, the subject of inquiry, established under circumstances which would primd...facie protect them against a prosecution for a nuisa i question upon which a jury is to exercise their judgment, and pronounce their opinion, as a question... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Evidence (Law) - 1844 - 910 pages
....!/. Sf It'. 105. And it may be defined to be a publication without justification or lawful excuse, calculated to injure the reputation of another by exposing him to hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Per Parke B., ib. A writing may be a libel on a private person, which would not be so on a person in... | |
 | Rev. Charles Gayer - Libel and slander - 1845 - 142 pages
...speak under his Lordship's correction — is defined to be a publication without justification or legal excuse, which is calculated to injure the reputation...by exposing him to hatred, contempt, or ridicule. That is the definition given in the law, which his Lordship will tell you is correct ; and you may... | |
 | International law - 1845 - 542 pages
...whether the particular publication, which is the subject of inquiry, is of a libellous character, and is calculated to injure the reputation of another by exposing him to hatred, contempt, and ridicule, is one upon which the jury must exercise their judgment, and pronounce then- opinion,... | |
 | International law - 1845 - 532 pages
...whether the particular publication, which is the subject of inquiry, is of a libellous character, and is calculated to injure the reputation of another by exposing him to hatred, contempt, and ridicule, is one upon which the jury must exercise their judgment, and pronounce their opinion,... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - Evidence (Law) - 1848 - 764 pages
...whether the particular publication, which is the suhject of inquiry, is of a libellous character, and is calculated to injure the reputation of another,...exposing him to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, is one upon which the jury must exercise their judgment, and pronounce their opinion, as a question of... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1850 - 712 pages
...satisfaction ; and that whether the libel is the subject of a criminal prosecution or civil action. A publication without justification or lawful excuse,...particular publication, the subject of inquiry ; is of that chara"clef, aud Would beTikely to produce that effect, is a question upon which a jury is To_exerc{se... | |
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A publication, without justification or lawful excuse, which is calculated to injure the reputation of another, by exposing him to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, is a libel. 
