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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 51. TORTS · Chapter 5. LIBEL AND SLANDER

51-5-2. Newspaper libel defined; publication prerequisite to recovery.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Any false and malicious defamation of another in any newspaper, magazine, or periodical, tending to injure the reputation of the person and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, shall constitute a newspaper libel.#

  2. (b)

    The publication of the libelous matter is essential to recovery.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1893, p. 131, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 3835; Civil Code 1910, § 4431; Code 1933, § 105-703.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘The Supreme Court on Privacy and the Press,’’ see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 215 (1978). For annual survey of tort law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 385 (2006). For annual survey on law of torts, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 335 (2009). For annual survey of law on torts, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 317 (2010).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t51-(v39)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V39, 2017 edition, pages 542 to 543; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 bc30a40687b2.