51-5-3. What constitutes publication of libel.

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

A libel is published as soon as it is communicated to any person other than the party libeled.

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 2918; Code 1868, § 2925; Code 1873, § 2976; Code 1882, § 2976; Civil Code 1895, § 3834; Civil Code 1910, § 4430; Code 1933, § 105-705.

Law reviews

For comment on Walter v. Davidson, 214 Ga. 187, 104 S.E.2d 113 (1958), holding that defamatory statements made by a member of faculty before a chaplain, another member of faculty, are privileged as a result of their relationship as colleagues, see 21 Ga. B. J. 239 (1958). For comment on Arvey Corp. v. Peterson, 178 F. Supp. 132 (E.D. Pa. 1959), finding dictation of material to stenographer sufficient publication to support an action for libel, see 11 Mercer L. Rev. 381 (1960). For comment on Rives v. Atlanta Newspaper, Inc., Case No. 40617, Ga. App., July 16, 1964, rehearing denied, July 30, 1964, see 1 Ga. St. B. J. 236 (1964). For comment, ‘‘Room for Error Online: Revising Georgia’s Retraction Statute to Accommodate the Rise of Internet Media,’’ see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 923 (2012).

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Text read from t51-(v39)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V39, 2017 edition, pages 549 to 550; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 bc30a40687b2.