{"id":365188,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/definition\/slander.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"slander","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/slander.html","title":{"rendered":"Slander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"fl-index-heading\">\n    <p>term:<\/p>\n    <h1 class=\"fl-h1 fl-mb20\"><\/h1>\n\n    <dl class=\"fl-index-heading-description-list\">\n            <dt class=\"fl-mb10\"><p class=\"fl-text-bold\">vt<\/p><\/dt>\n        <dd><p><b>:<\/b> to utter slander against <br \/>  <b><i>  slan&#183;der&#183;er   <i>n<\/i><br \/>  <\/b><\/i><br \/> n  &#91;Anglo-French <i>esclandre<\/i>, from Old French <i>escandle<\/i> <i>esclandre<\/i> scandal, from Late Latin <i>scandalum<\/i> moral stumbling block, disgrace, from Greek <i>skandalon<\/i>, literally, snare, trap&#93;<br \/>  <b>1<\/b>  <b>:<\/b> defamation of a person by unprivileged oral communication made to a third party <br \/>  <i>;also<\/i><br \/>  <b>:<\/b> defamatory oral statements <br \/>  <b>2<\/b>  <b>:<\/b> the tort of oral defamation &#91;sued his former employer for &#93; compare <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/defamation.html\">defamation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/false-light.html\">false light<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/libel.html\">libel<\/a> <i>NOTE: An action for slander may be brought without alleging and proving special damages if the statements in question have a plainly harmful character, as by imputing to the plaintiff criminal guilt, serious sexual misconduct, or conduct or a characteristic affecting his or her business or profession. <\/i> <br \/>  <b><i>  slan&#183;der&#183;ous   &#91;slan-d&#601;-r&#601;s&#93;<br \/>  <i>adj<\/i><br \/>  <\/b><\/i><br \/>  <b><i>  slan&#183;der&#183;ous&#183;ly   <i>adv<\/i><br \/>  <\/b><\/i><br \/>  <b><i>  slan&#183;der&#183;ous&#183;ness   <i>n<\/i><br \/>  <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n    <div class=\"fl-index-heading-source\">Source: Merriam-Webster&#8217;s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is &#8216;Slander&#8217;? Learn more about legal terms and the law at FindLaw.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":358119,"menu_order":0,"template":"app\/Http\/Controllers\/Templates\/DictionaryArticleController.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","_autodraft_ids":[],"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","_is_real_time_mode":false,"_realtime_collaborators":"","cf_checklist_status":[]},"dictionary_tags":[],"class_list":["post-365188","dictionary","type-dictionary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary\/365188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dictionary"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary\/358119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dictionary_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary_tags?post=365188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}