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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 1400
Defamation - Definition
Defamation is a claim that a [person/business/corporation] has made a defamatory
statement. A defamatory statement is the term used to describe a statement of fact that is false
and harms the reputation of a person or business. The defamatory statement must have been
made to someone other than the plaintiff.
There are two types of defamation claims. Slander is when the defamatory statement is
verbal, and libel is when the defamatory statement is written.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 1400 (current as of February 17, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
78394299f966c7faefc8166c9f9fb007040c72f8b87dd962ed98cdef4a4a7247
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