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2018 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LIII - Proceedings in Court
Chapter 515 - Tender, Pleading, and Setoff
Section 515:6 - General Issue in Libel.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 515:6 (2018)
515:6 General Issue in Libel. –
In actions for libel or slander, under the general issue, the defendant may prove, in mitigation of damages and to rebut evidence of actual malice, that the writing or words complained of were the repetition of common report, and that the conduct of the plaintiff was such as to create suspicion of the truth of the matters therein charged against him.
Source. 1862, 2602. GS 208:6. GL 227:6. PS 223:6. PL 335:6. RL 391:6.
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