11. ...demonstrably false statements. 12. The false statement or trick must have deceived the victim into acting as he did. 13. In principle, rescission may be available if the vendor made a false statement of fact and that statement became a term of the sale agreement. 14. The law of libel will not correct all or even most false statements. 15. It can only be activated when a false statement actually damages a reputation. 16. An ideal law would ensure both the speedy correction of false statements and the protection of the expression of honest opinion. 17. This was an entirely false statement, obviously damaging to a thriving professional musician. 18. Such proof is necessary before a plaintiff can succeed against unfair and exaggerated criticism or against false statements made on certain public occasions. 19. In most cases, the publication of a false statement will give it currency and credit. 20. That seems to me to qualify as a false statement made with the intention of dise deceiving which is how the dictionary defines a lie. |