Legal Definition and Related Resources of Slander Of Title

false and malicious statements, oral or written, made in disparagement of a person ‘s title to real or personal property , causing him injury . See Landstrom v Thorpe, (C.A.8.S.D.) 189 F.2d 46. Such statements should either bring or tend to bring in question right or title of another to particular property. See Fearon v Fedora, 169 Cal. 370, 148 P. 200. However, where such a statement is filed pursuant to lawful authority as where a lis pendens in a quiet title action is filed as authorized by statute , it will not amount to slander of title. See Stewart v Fahev, 14 Ariz.App. 149, 481 P.2d5l9.

In torts. A statement tending to cut down the extent of title. See 60 Cal. 160. An action for slander of title is not properly an action for words spoken, or for libel written and published, but an action on the case for special damage sustained by reason of the speaking or publication of the slander of the plaintiff’s Jitle. An action is permitted against one who falsely and maliciously disparages the title of another to property, whether real or personal, and thereby causes him some special pecuniary loss or damage. 90 Cal. 537. This action is ranged under that division of actions in the digests and other writers on the text law, and is so held by the courts at the present day. An action for slander of title is a sort of metaphorical expression. Slander of title may be of such a nature as to fall within the scope of ordinary slander. Slander of title ordinarily means a statement tending to cut dovm. the extent of title, which is injurious only if it is false. It is essential, to give a cause of action, that the statement should be false. It is essential, also, that it should be malicious, not malicious in the worst sense, but with intent to injure the plaintiff. If the statement be true, if there really be the infirmity in the title that is suggested, no action will lie, however malicious the defendant’s intention might be. Heard, Lib. & Sland. §§ 10, 59 et seq.

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Slander of title in Law Enforcement

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• Police
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• slander of title in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• slander of title in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Concept of Slander of Title in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Slander of Title: The making of malicious, untrue statements, regarding one’s title or interest in property. The statements must be made to a third party and must cause injury to the party against whom the statements are made.

Concept of Slander of Title in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Slander of Title: The making of malicious, untrue statements, regarding one’s title or interest in property. The statements must be made to a third party and must cause injury to the party against whom the statements are made.