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1slander — slan·der 1 / slan dər/ vt: to utter slander against slan·der·er n slander 2 n [Anglo French esclandre, from Old French escandle esclandre scandal, from Late Latin scandalum moral stumbling block, disgrace, from Greek skandalon, literally, snare,… …
2Slander — • The attributing to another of a fault of which one knows him to be innocent Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Slander Slander …
3Slander — Slan der, n. [OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle, escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. ??? a snare, stumbling block, offense, scandal; probably originally, the spring of a trap, and akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap. See {Scan},… …
4slander of title — slander of title: a false and malicious written or spoken public statement disparaging a person s title to property that causes harm for which special damages may be awarded damages for the filing of a fraudulent lien and for slander of title M & …
5Slander (disambiguation) — Slander and libel are false or malicious claims that may harm someone s reputation.Slander may also refer to:* , a book by Ann Coulter * Slander of title (real estate) …
6slander of goods — slander of goods: disparagement (1) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. slander of goods …
7SLANDER — The only instance of defamation in biblical law for which a penalty is prescribed is that of the virgin (Deut. 22:19) – and that defamation is in the nature of a matrimonial stratagem (cf. Deut. 22:16–17) rather than of a specifically defamatory… …
8slander — ▪ I. slander slan‧der 1 [ˈslɑːndə ǁ ˈslændər] noun [countable, uncountable] LAW a spoken statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the good opinion that people have of him or her, or the legal offence of making a… …
9Slander of title — In law, slander of title is normally a claim involving real estate in which one entity falsely claims to own another entity s property. Alternatively, it is casting aspersion on someone else s property, business or goods, e.g. claiming a house is …
10slander — I UK [ˈslɑːndə(r)] / US [ˈslændər] noun Word forms slander : singular slander plural slanders 1) [uncountable] legal the crime of saying something about someone that is not true and is likely to damage their reputation 2) [countable/uncountable]… …
