The taking from one’s reputation. The offense of injuring a person’scharacter, fame, or reputation by false and malicious statements. Tlie term seems to becomprehensive of both libel aud slander. Printing Co. v. Moulden, 15 Tex. Civ. App. 574,41 S. W. 381; Moore v. Francis, 121 N. Y. 199, 23 N. E. 1127, 8 L. R. A. 214, 18 Am. St.Rep. 810; Hollenbeck v. Hall, 103 Iowa, 214, 72 N. W. 518, 39 L. R. A. 734, 04 Am. St.Rep. 175; Mosuat v. Snyder, 105 Iowa, 500, 75 N. W. 350.
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