Every accusation of false swearing presumptively imports a charge of perjury, and every accusation importing the commission of a crime punishable by indictment must be held presumptively to mean what the language used ordinarily imports.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 11 - Defamation, Libel and Slander.
Section 6-5-180 - Import of Accusations of False Swearing or Commission of Crime.
Section 6-5-181 - Words Falsely Imputing Woman's Chastity Actionable.
Section 6-5-182 - Libel or Slander - Burden of Proof.
Section 6-5-183 - Libel or Slander - Mitigation of Damages - Evidence of Truth or Circumstances.
Section 6-5-184 - Libel or Slander - Mitigation of Damages - Retraction.
Section 6-5-185 - Libel or Slander - Mitigation of Damages - When Only Actual Damages Recoverable.
Section 6-5-186 - Prerequisites to Recovery of Vindictive or Punitive Damages in Action for Libel.
Section 6-5-187 - Truth of Charges Against Public Persons May Be Proved.