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default (di-fawltalsodee-fawlt),  n.  The  omission  or  failure to  perform  a  legal  or  contractual duty;  esp.,  the  failure to  pay  a  debt  when  due.  [Cases:  Contracts    312,  315.  C.J.S. Contracts § 561.] default (di-fawlt), vb.1. To be neglectful; esp., to fail to perform a contractual obligation. 2. To fail to appear or answer. 3. To enter a…

defames (di-fay-meez or di-fahm), adj.[Law French] Infamous. [Blacks Law 8th]

defamatory statement.A statement that tends to injure the reputation of a person referred to in it.  •  The  statement  is  likely  to  lower  that  person  in  the  estimation  of  reasonable  people  and  in particular to cause that person to be regarded with feelings of hatred, contempt, ridicule, fear, or dislike.  —  Also  termed  defamatory  communication. …

defamatory propaganda.See PROPAGANDA. [Blacks Law 8th]

defamatory libel.See LIBEL(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

defamatory communication.See DEFAMATORY STATEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

defamatory,adj. (Of a statement or communication) tending to harm a person’s reputation, usu. by  subjecting  the  person  to  public  contempt,  disgrace,  or  ridicule,  or  by  adversely affecting  the person’s  business.  [Cases:  Libel  and  Slander    6–14.  C.J.S.  Libel  and  Slander;  Injurious Falsehood§§ 2, 5, 10–12, 17–42, 104.] “A communication is defamatory if it tends so to…

[Cases:  Libel  and  Slander    6–14.  C.J.S.  Libel  and  Slander,  Injurious Falsehood §§ 2, 5–6, 10–12, 17–42, 47, 104.] — defame,vb. “Defamation is the publication of a statement which tends to lower a person in the estimation of right-thinking  members of society  generally; or which tends to  make them shun  or avoid that person.” P.H. Winfield,…

defamation,n.1. The act of harming the reputation of another by making a false statement to a third  person.  •  If  the  alleged  defamation  involves  a  matter  of  public  concern,  the  plaintiff  is constitutionally required to prove both the statement’s falsity and the defendant’s fault. 2. A false written  or  oral  statement  that  damages  another’s  reputation.…

defamacast  (di-fam-<<schwa>>-kast).  Defamation  by  television  or  radio  broadcast.  •  The word was first used in American Broadcasting–Paramount Theatres, Inc. v. Simpson, 126 S.E.2d 873,  879  (Ga. Ct.  App.  1962).  Although  Prosser  called  it “a  barbarous word”  (William  Prosser, The Law of Torts 753 [4th ed. 1971]), another authority has said that “[t]he word seems to…