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INJURIOUS FALSEHOOD [2 records]

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Record 1 2008-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

A category of wrongs constituted by the communication of a false statement of a prejudicial nature, affecting a person not, or at least not directly and immediately, in his honour or reputation, but in his property. It comprehends the individual wrongs of slander of business, slander of goods and slander of title.

CONT

In some respects, injurious falsehood bears a marked resemblance to defamation. Both involve a false and harmful imputation concerning plaintiff, made not to him directly but to a third person. They differ, however, in this respect, that the law of defamation protects an interest in personal reputation while injurious falsehood protects an interest in the disposability of one's property, products or business.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Injurious falsehood... consists in the publication of false statements, whether oral or in writing, concerning the plaintiff or his property... the falsehood must be communicated to a third person. In this respect it resembles defamation but differs from it in that the falsity is not presumed but must be affirmatively established by the plaintiff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
DEF

Falta de verdad o autenticidad en la afirmación de un hecho o en la ejecución de un acto.

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