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TRIAL IN CIVIL CASES-continued

reports of, 291-307

comments on, 198-200, 302, 499-528

time of giving evidence to rebut justification, 636
application for a new, 652-658, 661

proceedings after, 652-658

in County Court, 659-662

TRIAL IN CRIMINAL CASES,

pleading to the indictment, 671

certiorari, 673

evidence for the prosecution, 675—677

evidence for the defence, 678-680

summing-up and verdict, 680

proceedings after verdict, 681

sentence, 684

costs, 686

of criminal information, 691

"TRUCKMASTER," 19, 115, 121

TRUSTEES,

words concerning, 25, 542, 543
have a common interest, 265
libel on, information for, 429

may all join in one action, 25, 542

may take criminal proceedings, 542

of trade union may be sued for libel in trade union newspaper, 163,
543, 555

TRUSTEES OF BRITISH MUSEUM,

liability of, 161, 542

TRUTH,

as a justification in civil proceedings, 173-183

why a defence, 183

as a justification in criminal proceedings, 183, 443—445, 777

no defence unless publication was for public benefit, 183, 444, 679, 777
belief in, in mitigation, 368

U.

UNCHASTITY,

Slander of Women Act, 1891, 67

charge of, against a woman actionable in some cases before Slander of

Women Act, 44, 62, 63

unsatisfactory state of law as to, formerly, 67, 68

charge of, against a woman or girl, actionable, 2, 19, 67-69

against a man, when actionable, 44, 57, 61, 66, 67, 70

UNCONSCIOUS PUBLICATION OF A LIBEL, 100, 159–161, 439—

441, 718-720, 730, 738

UNDERGRADUATE,

must be sued in University Court, 565

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of defendant's character from attacks, privileged, 274-277, 726
VINDICTIVE DAMAGES,

when allowed, 350, 351

"VISIBLE" MEANS,

meaning of, under s. 66 of County Courts Act, 1888...576

VOCALISTS,

libel on, 27, 702

VOLENTI NON FIT INJURIA, 172, 278

VOLUNTARY

affidavit, not a judicial proceeding, 230

characters of servants given when not asked for, 238, 254-257,

338-340

VOLUNTEERING INFORMATION

in discharge of duty, 244-247, 725

not evidence of malice where duty clear, 323, 340, 341

caution given to a tradesman, 248

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communication to, of words defamatory of husband, 152

communications between husband and wife, "held sacred," 152, 245

privileged, 284

charge against, communication of, to husband, 152

and husband, communications between, 152

presence of, will not destroy privilege, 284, 337

words defamatory of, claim for, 148, 710

of defendant may give evidence, 678, 793

WILFUL BLINDNESS,

evidence of malice, 331

"WILFUL IMPOSTURE,"

not fair criticism, 204

WILL,

charge of secreting, formerly not actionable, 45

"WITCH," 44

WITHDRAWING A JUROR, 647

WITNESS,

cannot be asked how he understood the language published, 120, 633

privilege of, 216, 227, 228, 231

defendant as a, 627, 666, 678, 793

proof of previous conviction of, 642, 643

threatening, is a contempt, 498, 507

WOMEN,

traders, imputations on, 32, 67, 100, 101, 532

verbal imputations on chastity of, 37, 63, 67–69, 357, 389, 390

Slander of, Act, 67-69, 794

WORDS,

action on the case for, 14, 72, 73-103

actionable, per se, 37-72, 347, 353

imputing crime, must be precise, 132–141

WORDS-continued.

imputing offence punishable by penalty or fine only, not actionable
per se, 37, 38

meaning of, how affected by circumstances, 108, 116-119

question for the jury, 106, 108, 109, 236, 306

general terms of abuse, not actionable, 45, 46, 55, 59, 67, 118, 119
must be set out verbatim in the statement of claim or indictment, 111,
579-581

obviously defamatory, 114-116

prima facie defamatory, 116-119

incapable of a defamatory meaning, 128, 129

adjective, 140

ambiguous, 116-119

disparaging some thing, 32, 148, 149

impugning plaintiff's title, 75

ironical, 18, 22, 128

jesting, 6, 116, 119, 720

neutral, 114, 119-122

prima facie innocent, 114, 123-128

clearly innocent, 114, 128, 129

not in their nature defamatory, 69-72, 128, 129

of a cant or slang character, 108, 120, 633

indirect imputations, 132, 133, 138

of suspicion, 41, 113

of interrogation, 139, 140, 580, 581

in foreign language, 108, 119, 120, 580, 633

application of, to the plaintiff must be shown, 141-148, 634

must be taken in their natural sense, 107, 108

affecting a class, when actionable, 141-145, 427, 434

WORDS CAUSING SPECIAL DAMAGE,

words defamatory of a person, but actionable only by reason of special
damage, 69-72, 353-362

words not defamatory of any person, but causing special damage,
73-103

Islander of title, 75-84

words disparaging goods, 84

threats of legal proceedings, 90

threats by a patentee, 93

WORKMEN,

action for threatening, 14

WORKS OF ART,

criticisms on, 202–204

WRIT

considerations before, 556-558

endorsement on, is privileged, 221, 228

WRIT OF ERROR, 675, 683

WRIT OF INQUIRY, 572 573

under-sheriff has power over costs, 423, 572, 573

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & Co. LD., PRINTERS, LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.

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