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Chapter 20 Self-test questions
Defamation - definitions and dangers
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Juries are always used in defamation cases
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Which of the following is a recognised definition of a defamatory statement? A statement which tends to.....
lower a person in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally
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cause harm or offence
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breach a reasonable expectation of privacy
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interfere with the peace and comfort of a law-abiding person
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What in defamation law is an inference?
An innuendo
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A suggestion of financial dishonesty or impropriety
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A statement with a secondary meaning which can be understood by someone without special knowledge
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A slur of immorality understood only by acquaintances of the person referred to
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In defamation law, a principle is that a defamatory meaning may be removed by the context in which it is published. This principle is known as 'bane and '______'.
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