2020 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings
Chapter 24 - Libel and Slander
§ 29-24-101. Charge of Adultery or Fornication

Any words written, spoken, or printed of a person, wrongfully and maliciously imputing to such person the commission of adultery or fornication, are actionable, without special damage except as otherwise provided in §29-24-105.

Code 1858, § 3400 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 6, § 1); Shan., § 5155; Code 1932, § 9310; Acts 1957, ch. 240, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2601.

Cross-References. Abatement of action, §§20-5-102,20-5-103.

Limitation of action for libel, §28-3-104.

Limitation of action for slander, §28-3-103.

Prosecution in forma pauperis, §20-12-127.

Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 17 Tenn. Juris., Libel and Slander, §§ 6, 33; 21 Tenn. Juris., Recovery of Personal Property, § 18.

Law Reviews.

A Pragmatic Approach to Improving Tort Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1447 (2001).

Accidental Torts, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1225 (2001).

Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Negligence Standard, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 893 (2001).

Defamation — Dun & Bradstreet v. Greenmoss Builders: Clarifying a Limitation on the Constitutional Requirement of Actual Malice, 15 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 655 (1985).

Duty Rules, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 767 (2001).

Intent and Recklessness in Tort: The Practical Craft of Restating Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1133 (2001).

Interpretive Construction, Systematic Consistency, and Criterial Norms in Tort Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1157 (2001).

Legal Cause: Cause-In-Fact and the Scope of Liability for Consequences, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 941 (2001).

Liability and Damages in Libel and Slander Law, 47 Tenn. L. Rev. 814.

Non-Utilitarian Negligence Norms and the Reasonable Person Standard, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 863 (2001).

Once More Into the Bramble Bush: Duty, Causal Contribution, and the Extent of Legal Responsibility, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1071 (2001).

On Determining Negligence Norms, the Reasonable Person Standard, and the Jury, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 813 (2001).

Purpose, Belief, and Recklessness: Pruning the Restatement's (Third) Definition of Intent, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1165 (2001).

Removing Emotional Harm from the Core of Tort Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 751 (2001).

Restatement (Third) of Torts: General Principles and the Prescription of Masculine Order, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1367 (2001).

Restating Duty, Breach, and Proximate Cause in Negligence Law: Descriptive Theory and the Rule of Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1039 (2001).

Scientific Uncertainty and Causation in Tort Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1011 (2001).

Slander — Necessity for Proof of Special Damages — Publication, 18 Tenn. L. Rev. 396.

The Duty Concept in Negligence Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 787 (2001).

The Hand Formula in the Draft Restatement (Third) of Torts: Encompassing Fairness as well as Efficiency Values, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 901 (2001).

The John W. Wade Conference on the Third Restatement of Torts, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 639 (2001).

The Passing of Palsgraf?, see 54 Vand. L. Rev. 803 (2001).

The Restatement of Torts and the Courts, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1439 (2001).

The Restatement (Third) and the Place of Duty in Negligence Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 657 (2001).

The Theory of Enterprise Liability and Common Law Strict Liability, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1285 (2001).

The Theory of Tort Doctrine and the Restatement (Third) of Torts, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1413 (2001).

The Trouble with Negligence, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1187 (2001).

The Unexpected Persistence of Negligence, 1980 - 2000, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1337 (2001).

Tort Liability for Abusive and Insulting Language (John W. Wade), 4 Vand. L. Rev. 63.

Comparative Legislation. Slander and libel:

Ala.  Code §6-5-180 et seq.

Ga. O.C.G.A. §51-5-1 et seq.

Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 411.045 et seq.

Miss.  Code Ann. §95-1-1 et seq.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.110 et seq.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99-1 et seq.

Va. Code § 18.2-417.

Cited: Kivett v. Nevils, 190 Tenn. 12, 227 S.W.2d 39, 1950 Tenn. LEXIS 412 (1950); Revis v. McClean, 31 S.W.3d 250, 2000 Tenn. App. LEXIS 149 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000).