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N.D.C.C. § 14-02-01 General personal rights
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Every person, subject to the qualifications and restrictions provided by law, has the right of protection from bodily restraint or harm, from personal insult, from defamation, and from injury to the person's personal relations.
N.D.C.C. § 14-02-02 Defamation classified
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Defamation is effected by: 1. Libel; or 2. Slander.
N.D.C.C. § 14-02-03 Civil libel defined
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Libel is a false and unprivileged publication by writing, printing, picture, effigy, or other fixed representation to the eye, which exposes any person to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or obloquy, or which causes the person to be shunned or avoided, or which has a tendency to injur…
N.D.C.C. § 14-02-04 Civil slander defined
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Slander is a false and unprivileged publication other than libel, which: 1. Charges any person with crime, or with having been indicted, convicted, or punished for crime; 2. Imputes to the person the present existence of an infectious, contagious, or loathsome disease; 3. Tends d…