Warning

Info

Warning

Info

Warning

Info

LSDefine

Simple English definitions for legal terms

actionable per quod

Read a random definition: gager

A quick definition of actionable per quod:

Actionable per quod: Words that are potentially defamatory but not inherently so, and therefore require the plaintiff to prove special damages in addition to the utterance. For example, if someone says "the plaintiff is crazy," the plaintiff must prove that the defendant intended the words to mean that the plaintiff was mentally impaired or deficient in business or professional capacity, and that these words caused the plaintiff to suffer special damages.

A more thorough explanation:

Actionable per quod refers to potentially defamatory words that are not inherently defamatory and therefore require allegation and proof of special damages. For instance, if someone says, "The plaintiff is crazy," the statement is actionable per quod. This means that the plaintiff must prove that the defendant intended the words to mean that the plaintiff was mentally impaired or deficient in business or professional capacity, and that these words caused the plaintiff to suffer special damages.

On the other hand, actionable per se refers to defamatory words that are legally and conclusively presumed defamatory. For example, if someone says of a fiduciary, "That person embezzles client funds," the statement is actionable per se. The plaintiff does not have to allege or prove special damages.

The terminology "actionable per se" has caused confusion with another doctrine that distinguishes between words that convey a defamatory meaning on their face and words of veiled detraction whose offense is apparent only when the context and circumstances are revealed. The former are sometimes said to be defamatory "per se," whereas the latter must have an accompanying "innuendo" or explanation to be properly pleaded.

  • If someone says that a doctor is incompetent, the statement is actionable per quod. The plaintiff must prove that the defendant intended the words to mean that the plaintiff was deficient in professional capacity, and that these words caused the plaintiff to suffer special damages.
  • If someone says that a person is a thief, the statement is actionable per se. The plaintiff does not have to allege or prove special damages because the statement is inherently defamatory.

These examples illustrate the difference between actionable per quod and actionable per se. In the first example, the statement is not inherently defamatory, and the plaintiff must prove that the defendant intended to defame them and caused them special damages. In the second example, the statement is inherently defamatory, and the plaintiff does not have to prove special damages because the statement is presumed to be defamatory.

actionable nuisance | actionable per se

Warning

Info

General

General chat about the legal profession.
main_chatroom
👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎
Help us make LSD better!
Tell us what's important to you
JumpySubsequentDolphin
21:35
no he’s literally like 8 and he fully just put his head on my bicep and slept
JumpySubsequentDolphin
21:35
he has since moved
22:12
@SplitterusClitterus: me yesterday
gulc baby pls text me back... i miss you ...... :(
22:23
i just went into a discord vc and yelled "YALL I JUST GOT INTO J.M. SCHOOL OF LAW"
22:24
people were getting excited :sob:
22:25
then someone was like "what does jm stand for" and i was like .. well
AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
@JumpySubsequentDolphin: wait this is so cute, also where r u going
JOE MBIDEN
JumpySubsequentDolphin
22:39
@splitty Oregon!
oh yay for what thats so random
JumpySubsequentDolphin
22:45
haha my brother and sister in law live there
so cutie oregon is beatiful
soyalmondoatmilk
8:38
good morning! hoping waves will come our wave today
8:42
GW wave today?
8:57
There’s someone I found on here with the username threeoutchange and if my understanding is correct that’s a reference to the debut album by a pretty cool 90s-00s Japanese band called Supercar. I geeked a little
8:57
It could just be a baseball reference I don’t get though lol
Dkk
9:00
@renard99: also, the same band that does a song in the anime Eureka 7 which I watched when I was like idk, 12
9:00
Yeah! They are pretty good. Three Out Change is an awesome J-rock record
Dkk
9:01
I will probably not listen to them more but fun fact. Really random to start the day. An omen that the waves will be very random today.
Dkk
9:03
Fuck, reading the wikipedia now. Literal last song they did before they broke up was Storywriter. Wow.
9:05
That one is a masterpiece
9:05
My favorite song by them is Recreation
glovediedthisishismom
9:05
snowing
Dkk
9:07
@renard99: man, hard to find.
Dkk
9:07
@glovediedthisishismom: Congrats on the snow.
Dkk
9:16
@renard99: Poetic and nice.
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.