qualified privilege

Definition 1

Privilege that protects its holder only if it is exercised properly and in the performance of a justifiable act or failure to act.

Definition 2

Defense to an action of defamation, that the statement in question was made under a properly exercised (free of improper motive or malice) privilege in the performance of a legal or moral right or duty.


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