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slander — 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,… … Law dictionary
Slander — 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},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slander 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 & … Law dictionary
slander — ► NOUN Law 1) the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person s reputation. Compare with LIBEL(Cf. ↑libelous). 2) a false and malicious spoken statement. ► VERB ▪ make such statements about. DERIVATIVES slanderer … English terms dictionary
slander — [slan′dər] n. [ME sclaunder < Anglo Fr esclaundre (OFr esclandre, escandle) < LL(Ec) scandalum: see SCANDAL] 1. the utterance in the presence of another person of a false statement or statements, damaging to a third person s character or… … English World dictionary
slander — ▪ 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… … Financial and business terms
Slander 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 … Wikipedia
slander — slan|der1 [ˈsla:ndə US ˈslændər] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: esclandre, from Late Latin scandalum; SCANDAL] 1.) [U and C] a false spoken statement about someone, intended to damage the good opinion that people have of that person… … Dictionary of contemporary English
slander — [[t]slɑ͟ːndə(r), slæ̱n [/t]] slanders, slandering, slandered 1) N VAR Slander is an untrue spoken statement about someone which is intended to damage their reputation. Compare libel. Dr. Bach is now suing the company for slander... Korea has been … English dictionary
slander — libel, slander 1. Libel is a published false statement that is damaging to a person s reputation, whereas slander is a malicious false statement that is spoken about a person. In popular usage the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, but the … Modern English usage
