5.2

The words in this section enabling the

Deft to pay money into Court were repeated

in 1879

as

unnecessary, the Rules

being unnecessary

of 1875 permitting payment into Court

in

every

action

But Sec. 2 of 8 ug Vict c. 75 which requires payment into Court as the necessary concomitant of such a plea is not repeated. Money must therefore be paid into Court when the pleading is delivered, if not

before

otherwise the plea will be

struck out. And such payment

Oxx 11 . V. 1. rescinds 030 (1875) Under the later Order, provided there

is

no

denial of liability as to any

ν.

v. Dollar 23 Q. B. D. 388: Davis v.

Q.B.D.

Billing

8 Times Rep. 58) Deft. may plead that the libel was inserted without actual

malice & without gross

before the

gross negligence, &that commencement of the action,

or at the earliest opportunity afterwards,

an

apology

published or affered, &

may pay money into Court by way of

amends.

OF THE LAW OF

LIBEL AND SLANDER

WITH

SUGGESTIONS ON THE CONDUCT OF A CIVIL ACTION,

FORMS AND PRECEDENTS,

AND ALL STATUTES BEARING ON THE SUBJECT.

BY

HUGH FRASER, M.A., LL.D.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE AND NORTHERN CIRCUIT, BARRISTER-AT-LAW;

Sometime Lecturer to the Incorporated Law Society;

late Scholar and Law Student of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; formerly Common Law Scholar
of the Inner Temple, and Holder of the Inns of Court Studentship.

Author of "The Law of Libel in its relation to the Press,"

and "A Compendium of the Law of Torts."

LONDON:

REEVES AND TURNER,

100, CHANCERY LANE, AND CAREY STREET,

Law Booksellers and Publishers.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY C. F. ROWORTH, GREAT NEW STREET, FETTER LANE-E.C.

PREFACE.

THE object of this work is to present to the reader the Principles and Practice of the Law of Libel and Slander in a concise form; and, considering the large and increasing number of actions of this kind with which the Courts are occupied, it is hoped that the book may prove useful to the Legal Profession. The Law is stated in the form of Propositions, followed by Explanatory Notes, in the preparation of which the original authorities have in every case been consulted. Several cases of importance which have been decided in the last few years have received special notice. Appendix A. contains some practical suggestions on the conduct of a Civil Action, together with Forms and Precedents. In Appendix B. will be found all the Statutes bearing on the Law of Libel and Slander, with references under each section to particular pages in the text.