Libelous, slanderous, or defamatory definition
Libelous, slanderous, or defamatory means a false, unprivileged oral or written statement about a specific individual that tends to harm the individual's reputation by lowering the person in the estimation of the community or deferring others from associating or dealing with the person. Such statements include those that tend to expose an individua l to public hatred, shame, contempt, ridicule, or disgrace.