Oh sorry. In case you didn’t pick up on it, I was making a reference. Not supposed to be taken too seriously! (Though it was technically accurate.)
Anyway, in reality in the modern world, there’s usually no difference. The general term for both print and spoken, and the term used in most English-language legal systems today, is defamation.
Oh sorry. In case you didn’t pick up on it, I was making a reference. Not supposed to be taken too seriously! (Though it was technically accurate.)
Anyway, in reality in the modern world, there’s usually no difference. The general term for both print and spoken, and the term used in most English-language legal systems today, is defamation.
Well, in my own language - Portuguese - libel and slander are definitelly distinct legal terms.