Defamation Act

Defamation Act is a stock short title used for legislation in New Zealand, in the Republic of Ireland and in the United Kingdom relating to defamation. It supersedes the short title Libel Act.

The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Defamation Bill during its passage through Parliament.

Defamation Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to defamation.

List

New Zealand

The Defamation Act 1954

Hong Kong

The Defamation Ordinance 1887

Republic of Ireland

The Defamation Act 1961 (No.40)

The Defamation Act 2009

United Kingdom

The Defamation Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo 6 & 1 Eliz 2 c 66)

The Defamation Act 1996 (c 31)

Northern Ireland

The Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 (c 11) (N.I.)

See also

List of short titles

This legislation article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Lists of legislation by short title Defamation Statute stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР? Defamation (film) Defamation Action League Look at other dictionaries: defamation — de·fa·ma·tion /ˌde fə mā shən/ n 1: communication to third parties of false statements about a person that injure the reputation of or deter others from associating with that person see also libel, slander; new york times co. v. sullivan in the… …   Law dictionary Defamation — This article is about the malicious statement. For the 2009 film, see Defamation (film). Libel and Slander redirect here. For other uses, see Libel (disambiguation) and Slander (disambiguation). Vilification and Calumny redirect here. For the… …   Wikipedia defamation — def‧a‧ma‧tion [ˌdefəˈmeɪʆn] noun [uncountable] LAW the act of writing or saying bad or untrue things about someone, so that people will have a bad opinion of them: • He sued the newspaper for defamation of character. defame verb [transitive] * * …   Financial and business terms Defamation — Def a*ma tion, n. [OE. diffamacioun, F. diffamation. See {Defame}.] Act of injuring another s reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English defamation — /def euh may sheuhn/, n. the act of defaming; false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another, as by slander or libel; calumny: She sued the magazine for defamation of character. [1275 1325; ME; r. (by analogy with DEFAME) ME… …   Universalium defamation — noun (U) formal the act of defaming someone: defamation of character: Chambers sued the newspaper for defamation of character …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English defamation — def|a|ma|tion [ˌdefəˈmeıʃən] n [U] the act of defaming someone ▪ He sued the newspaper for defamation of character …   Dictionary of contemporary English defamation — noun Date: 14th century the act of defaming another ; calumny • defamatory adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary defamation — noun /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ Act of injuring anothers reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion. Syn: slander, detraction, calumny …   Wiktionary defamation — def•a•ma•tion [[t]ˌdɛf əˈmeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. the act of defaming, esp. unjustified injury to another s reputation, as by slander or libel • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < ML de•fam•a•to•ry dɪˈfæm əˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i adj …   From formal English to slang 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”