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Actual malice
Meaning
Noun
●
In Law:
In United States
defamation
law, the level of knowledge that must be
demonstrated
for a
public figure
to
prevail
as a
plaintiff
in a
lawsuit
for
defamation
; the
defendant
must have either known that information
published
about the
plaintiff
was
false
, or must have shown
reckless
disregard
for the
truth
by not a making
simple
inquiry
or
investigation
which would have
disclosed
it.
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