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Definition of Defaming
1. defame [v] - See also: defame
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defaming
Literary usage of Defaming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archives of Maryland by Maryland Historical Society (1887)
"had his deserts he had beene hanged in new England ; to the Liber z. great scandal!
and defaming of the said James Claughton ; and for this he doth bring ..."
2. The Liberty of the Press, Speech, and Public Worship: Being Commentaries on by James Paterson (1880)
"... defaming one who holds public or honorary office.— While one who pursues a
profession, trade, or business as a means of livelihood may maintain an ..."
3. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1917)
"... charging a clergyman with profanity, with giving way to violent and unchristian
temper, and defaming the good name of the members of the church, ..."
4. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Fox, Thomas Ellwood (1832)
"tongues; and by printing and publishing their lying, defaming books • against
the faithful. These have stirred up magistrates and priests, ..."
5. American Law and Procedure by James Parker Hall, James De Witt Andrews (1910)
"defaming persons closely associated with plaintiff. In Riding v. Smith (12) the
plaintiff was a grocer and draper and was assisted in conducting his ..."
6. Extracts from the Records of the Royal Burgh of Stirling by Stirling (Stirling, Scotland), Stirling (Scotland), Robert Renwick (1889)
"... for defaming of defaming the Duncan Paterson, den of gild for the tyme, is
convict in calling him ane ..."
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