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title: Title 51, Chapter 5. Libel and Slander
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date: 2025
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heading: LIBEL AND SLANDER
title_heading: TORTS
section_count: 12
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# Title 51, Chapter 5. Libel and Slander

Title 51. Torts

12 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 51-5-1, Libel defined; publication prerequisite to recovery, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5-1.md
- 51-5-2, Newspaper libel defined; publication prerequisite to recovery, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5-2.md
- 51-5-3, What constitutes publication of libel, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5-3.md
- 51-5-4, Slander defined; when special damage required; when damage inferred, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5-4.md
- 51-5-5, Inference of malice; rebuttal thereof; effect of rebuttal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5-5.md
- 51-5-6, Truth as justification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5-6.md
- 51-5-7, Privileged communications, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5-7.md
- 51-5-8, Absolute privilege of allegations in pleadings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5-8.md
- 51-5-9, Right of action for malicious use of privilege, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5-9.md
- 51-5-10, Liability for defamatory statements in visual or sound broadcast; damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5-10.md
- 51-5-11, Admissibility of evidence in libel action concerning correction and retraction; effect thereof on damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5-11.md
- 51-5-12, Admissibility of evidence in defamation action concerning correction and retraction; effect on damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-5-12.md