A form of tort which is a false statement designed to damage the reputation of another person, in a verbal form.
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The oral utterance or spreading of falsehood harmful to another’s reputation. Libel is written slander is spoken.
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Slander (Legal Terminology)
A statement that is found to be injurous to the person it was said about.
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Symbol used with a diagnostic code in ICD-9-CM, Volume 2, Alphabetic Index, indicating the code may never be sequenced as the principal diagnosis.