Definition of DISPARAGEMENT in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DISPARAGEMENT
In old English law. An injury by union or comparison with some person or thing of inferior rank or excellence.
Marriage without disparagement was marriage to one of suitable rank and character. 2 Bl.Comm. 70; Co. Litt. 82b. Shutt v. Carloss, 36 N.C. 232.
Matter which is intended by its publisher to be understood or which is reasonably understood to cast doubt upon the existence or extent of another's property in land, chattels or intangible things, or upon their quality. Restatement, Torts, § 629.
Of Goods
A statement about a competitor's goods which is untrue or misleading and is made to influence or tends to influence the public not to buy. Edwin L. Wiegand Co. v. Harold E. Trent Co., C.C.A. Pa., 122 F.2d 920, 924.
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