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defamation
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defamation

In law, an attack on a person's reputation by libel or slander.
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The successful passing of the 7th EU harmonization package in August also led to a revision of many laws related to anti-terrorism and criminal libel, both areas which had served to muzzle rights in times past.
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Alleged Committee member and prominent Belfast solicitor Richard Monteith filed a criminal libel action against Executive Producer Sean McPhilemy for statements he allegedly made about Monteith in a BBC interview about the program in August 1992.
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Born to a wealthy family in Italy, he fled to the United States in 1904 to escape prosecution for criminal libel.
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