fair comment

fair comment definition - legal

n

A defense to a charge of defamation, that the statements were based on sincere opinion about a matter of public interest.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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