Georgia Code
Title 51 - Torts
Chapter 5 - Libel and Slander

§ 51-5-1. Libel Defined; Publication Prerequisite to Recovery - History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2916; Code 1868, § 2923;...

§ 51-5-2. Newspaper Libel Defined; Publication Prerequisite to Recovery - History. Ga. L. 1893, p. 131, § 1; Civil Code...

§ 51-5-3. What Constitutes Publication of Libel - A libel is published as soon as it is communicated...

§ 51-5-4. Slander Defined; When Special Damage Required; When Damage Inferred - History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2919; Code 1868, § 2926;...

§ 51-5-5. Inference of Malice; Rebuttal Thereof; Effect of Rebuttal - In all actions for printed or spoken defamation, malice is...

§ 51-5-6. Truth as Justification - The truth of the charge made may always be proved...

§ 51-5-7. Privileged Communications - The following communications are deemed privileged: History. Orig. Code 1863,...

§ 51-5-8. Absolute Privilege of Allegations in Pleadings - All charges, allegations, and averments contained in regular pleadings filed...

§ 51-5-9. Right of Action for Malicious Use of Privilege - In every case of privileged communications, if the privilege is...

§ 51-5-10. Liability for Defamatory Statements in Visual or Sound Broadcast; Damages - History. Ga. L. 1949, p. 1137, §§ 1-3. Law reviews....

§ 51-5-11. Admissibility of Evidence in Libel Action Concerning Correction and Retraction; Effect Thereof on Damages - History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 54, § 1; Ga. L....

§ 51-5-12. Admissibility of Evidence in Defamation Action Concerning Correction and Retraction; Effect on Damages - History. Code 1981, § 51-5-12 , enacted by Ga. L....