2006 Utah Code - 76-9-501 — "Libel" defined.

     76-9-501.   "Libel" defined.
     For the purpose of this part: "Libel" means a malicious defamation, expressed either by printing or by signs or pictures or the like, tending to defame or darken the memory of one who is dead, or to impeach the honesty, integrity, virtue, or reputation, or publish the natural defects of one who is alive and thereby expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule.

Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session