INNOCENT-CONSTRUCTION RULE

By SovConn | June 22, 2013

innocent-construction rule.The doctrine that an allegedly libelous statement will be given an innocuous interpretation if the statement is either ambiguous or harmless. Cf. IN MITIORI

SENSU. [Cases: Libel and Slander 19. C.J.S. Libel and Slander; Injurious Falsehood §§ 13–14.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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