Defamation and Libel Law
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What is the definition of battery according to the Revised Penal Code?

  • Making untruthful statements under oath or making an affidavit
  • False testimony in other cases and perjury in solemn affirmation
  • Unlawful touching or other wrongful violence or constraint inflicted on a human being without his consent (correct)
  • Unlawful offer or attempt to do physical harm to another
  • What is the penalty for falsification of public or official documents?

  • Imprisonment and/or fine
  • No penalty is specified under the RPC
  • Criminal liability under Article 172 of the RPC (correct)
  • Civil liability only
  • What is considered an act of grave coercion?

  • Using simulated legal process to threaten debtors (correct)
  • Threatening another person with violence
  • Making untruthful statements under oath
  • Unlawful touching or constraint of a person
  • What is the penalty for false testimony in other cases and perjury in solemn affirmation?

    <p>Criminal liability under the RPC</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is light threats?

    <p>Threatening another person with violence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the penalty for knowingly introducing evidence in any judicial proceeding to the damage of another?

    <p>Criminal liability under the RPC</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is libel or defamation according to the Revised Penal Code?

    <p>Imputation of a crime, vice or defect, real or imaginary</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is oral defamation also known as?

    <p>Slander</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the crime of unjust vexation?

    <p>Annoying or irritating someone without just cause</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the crime of intriguing against honor?

    <p>Publishing grave or insulting words about someone's reputation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is trespass to dwelling?

    <p>Entering the closed premises or fenced estate of another</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is false testimony in civil cases?

    <p>Giving testimony in a civil case with the intent to affect the issue presented</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is assault and battery?

    <p>An act of violence or intimidation against someone</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is grave threats?

    <p>Threatening someone with harm or injury</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Crimes Against Honor

    • Libel or defamation is an act that causes dishonor, discredit, or contempt to a natural person, including the dead, by imputing a crime, vice, or defect, real or imaginary.
    • Oral defamation or slander is a public and malicious imputation of a crime, vice, or defect, which tends to dishonor or discredit a natural person.

    Crimes Against Reputation

    • Unjust vexation is an act that annoys or irritates another person without justified reason.
    • Incriminating an innocent person is a crime that incriminates or imputes a crime to an innocent person, which constitutes perjury.

    Crimes Against Credit and Collection

    • False testimony in civil cases involves giving false testimony in a civil case with the intent to affect the issue presented.

    Crimes Against Property

    • Intriguing against honor involves entering the closed premises or fenced estate of another with intent to blemish the honor or reputation of the owner.
    • Qualified trespass to dwelling involves entering the dwelling of another against the will of the owner, without permission.
    • Grave threats involve threatening another with the infliction of physical harm or violence.

    Crimes Against Persons

    • Assault and battery involve an unlawful beating or other wrongful violence or constraint inflicted on a human being without their consent.
    • False testimony in other cases and perjury in solemn affirmation involves making untruthful statements under oath or making an affidavit.

    Crimes Against Documentary Integrity

    • Falsification by private individuals and use of falsified documents involves committing acts of falsification in public or official documents, private documents, or commercial documents.
    • False testimony in other cases and perjury in solemn affirmation involves making untruthful statements under oath or making an affidavit.

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    This quiz covers the concepts of defamation and libel, including slander, oral defamation, and the legal aspects of insulting or dishonoring a person's reputation.

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