Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1442
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Slander defined
Official statutory text
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 in him the present existence of an infectious,
contagious or loathsome disease.
3. Tends directly to injure him in respect to his office,
profession, trade or business, either by imputing to him general
disqualification in those respects which the office or other
occupation peculiarly requires, or by imputing something with
reference to his office, profession, trade or business that has a
natural tendency to lessen its profit.
4. Imputes to him impotence or want of chastity; or,
5. Which, by natural consequences, causes actual damage.
R.L. 1910, § 4957.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure Page 288
libel, which:
1. Charges any person with crime, or with having been indicted,
convicted or punished for crime.
2. Imputes in him the present existence of an infectious,
contagious or loathsome disease.
3. Tends directly to injure him in respect to his office,
profession, trade or business, either by imputing to him general
disqualification in those respects which the office or other
occupation peculiarly requires, or by imputing something with
reference to his office, profession, trade or business that has a
natural tendency to lessen its profit.
4. Imputes to him impotence or want of chastity; or,
5. Which, by natural consequences, causes actual damage.
R.L. 1910, § 4957.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure Page 288
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