THIRD PARTY,

liability of defendant for act of, 328, 329.

liability of, for same or similar libel, no defence, 157, 313, 420, 576. no mitigation, 315, 577.

THREAT

to publish a libel with intent to extort money, &c., 426, 427.

to witness or suitor, contempt of court, 497.

THREATENING LETTERS,

charge of having sent, 105.

sending, to extort money, 426, 427.

TITLE,

slander of, 14, 138-150. See SLANDER OF TITLE.
precedents of pleadings in actions of, 662-669.

TOWN CLERK,

words concerning, 72, 279.

may obtain a criminal information, 431.

libel on, 621.

TOWN CRIER,

publication of libel by, 287.

TRADE,

libel of persons in the way of, 19, 29-32, 65-83, 340-364.
humility of, no obstacle to right of action, 79.'

must be a lawful one, 83, 574.

TRADE PROTECTION SOCIETY, circulars of, not privileged, 213.

TRADERS,

libels on, 29-32.

slander of, 79-83, 628.

imputation of fraud and dishonesty in trade, 81, 82, 628.

of being a cheat or a rogue, 81, 628.

words affecting the credit and solvency of, 6, 29, 80, 81, 628.

imputations on the goods or commodities of, 30-32, 81, 138, 147–150. caution to, not to trust a certain customer, 214, 219.

words affecting partners in trade, 30, 83, 417–419.

married women traders, 30, 83, 398.

a trading company, 30, 415-417.

that the goods sold by A. are inferior to those sold by B., 31, 147–150. criticisms on advertisements and circulars of, 32, 50, 51.

evidence of loss of profits and of business, 298, 307, 629.

TRAVERSES, 535, 633, 634.

TREASON, 477–479.

charge of, actionable, 56.

what a sufficient charge of, 121.

words cannot amount to overt act of, 477.

treasonable words, 477, 478.

TRESPASS

to land of plaintiff, 84.

to building, 13.

to persons, 14.

imputation of, not actionable, 56.

TRIAL IN CIVIL CASES, 557.

notice of, 557.

with a jury, 557.

change of venue, 557.

libel or no libel is a question for the jury, 25, 94, 98, 582.

evidence for plaintiff, 558-570.

nonsuit, 571.

evidence for defendant, 572-577.

compromise, 578.

summing up, 578.

the libel itself must be produced at, 562.

verdict, 579.

reports of, 248-263.

comments on, 44—46, 258, 495-498.

time of giving evidence to rebut justification, '570.

application for a new, 580-584, 587.
proceedings after, 580.

in County Court, 587.

TRIAL IN CRIMINAL CASES,

pleading to the indictment, 596.

certiorari, 597.

evidence for the prosecution, 599.

evidence for the defence, 601.

summing-up and verdict, 604.
proceedings after verdict, 605.
sentence, 607.

costs, 609.

of criminal information, 613.

"TRUCKMASTER," 22, 104.

TRUSTEES,

words concerning, 26, 419.

have a common interest, 238.
libel on, information for, 424.

may all join in one action, 26, 419.

TRUTH,

as a justification in civil proceedings, 170-180.

why a defence, 179.

as a justification in criminal proceedings, 178, 437–439, 718.

no defence unless publication was for public benefit, 438, 602, 718.

belief in, in mitigation, 313, 612.

U.

UNCHASTITY,

charge of, when actionable, 19, 67, 74, 85-89, 399, 625.
unsatisfactory state of law as to, 86-89.

UNCIVIL WORDS,

not actionable, 18.

UNCONSCIOUS PUBLICATION OF A LIBEL, 155, 432-436, 638, 639, 655.

between words laid and those proved, 529, 530, 564, 565, 600.

affidavit, not a judicial proceeding, 194.

characters of servants given when not asked for, 202, 203.

VOLUNTEERING COMMUNICATIONS

in discharge of duty, 213-221, 645.

not evidence of malice where duty clear, 272, 287.

caution given to a tradesman, 214.

"WELCHER," 62, 110.

"WHORE," 60, 86.

WIFE, 394-405.

WILL,

communication to, of words defamatory of husband, 153.
charge against, communication of, to husband, 153.

and husband, communications between, 153.

presence of, will not destroy privilege, 247.

words defamatory of, claim for, 631.

charge of secreting, formerly not actionable, 61.

"WITCH," 60.

WITHDRAWING A JUROR, 578.

WITNESS,

cannot be asked how he understood the language published, 110, 566. privilege of, 190.

defendant as a, 562.

proof of previous conviction of, 573.

threatening, is a contempt, 493, 497.

WOMEN,

traders, imputations on, 30, 83, 398.

verbal imputations on chastity of, 86-89.

WORDS,

action on the case for, 89-92.

actionable per se, 18.

imputing crime, must be precise, 120-127.

meaning of, how affected by circumstances, 98, 106-108.

question for the jury, 94, 98, 216, 263, 273.

general terms of abuse, not actionable, 18, 61, 108.

must be set out verbatim in the statement of claim or indictment, 100, 528, 529, 593.

obviously defamatory, 104.

prima facie defamatory, 106.

adjective, 127.

ambiguous, 106-116, 566.

ironical, 6, 21, 116, 567.

jesting, 5, 106, 108.

neutral, 109.

prima facie innocent, 112.

clearly innocent, 116.

not in their nature defamatory, 89-92.

of a cant or slang character, 109, 566.

indirect imputations, 125.

of suspicion, 57.

of interrogation, 127, 529.

in foreign language, 109, 529, 565.

application of, to the plaintiff must be shown, 127–133, 567.

must be taken in their natural sense, 97.