Example sentences of "to sue for defamation " in BNC.
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| 1 | I accept that the law has from the first appearance of corporations , in the absence of any relevant statutory direction , considered the question of a corporation 's right to sue for defamation by reference to the nature of the corporation itself and the need for the corporation to protect its lawful activities and property . |
| 2 | The court , however , did not permit to a corporation , simply because it has legal personality , all the rights of a natural person to sue for defamation . |
| 3 | Pollock C.B. regarded the power to sue for defamation with reference to certain imputations of criminal conduct to be excluded because of the inability of a corporation to commit crimes such as murder , or incest , or adultery , or corruption . |
| 4 | The Sullivan case was concerned , as this case is not , with a limitation upon the right of an elected official to sue for defamation . |
| 5 | I did n't like being called a rowdie , but then I did n't exactly have the time or resources to sue for defamation , if that 's the legal terminology for someone who slags you off in public . |