Definition of Actual malice

1. Noun. (legal) In United States defamation law, the level of knowledge that must be demonstrated for a public figure to prevail as a plaintiff in a lawsuit for defamation; the defendant must have either known that information published about the plaintiff was false, or must have shown reckless disregard for the truth by not a making simple inquiry or investigation which would have disclosed it. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Actual Malice

actorishness
actorly
actors
actour
actress
actresses
actressy
acts of independent significance
acts out
acts up
actual
actual bodily harm
actual cautery
actual damages
actual eviction
actual malice (current term)
actual occasions
actual parameter
actual possession
actual sin
actualisation
actualisations
actualise
actualised
actualises
actualising
actualism
actualisms
actualist
actualists

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