To win a defamation case, a plaintiff must show four things: 1) a false statement purporting to be fact; 2) publication or communication of that statement to a third person; 3) fault amounting to at least negligence; and 4) damages, or some harm caused to the person or entity who is the subject of the statement.
hamper definition, meaning, what is hamper: to prevent someone doing something easily: . Learn more.
Meaning to walk lamely is from c.1400. Transitive sense of tie the legs (of an animal) first recorded 1831, probably an alteration of 16c. hopple, cognate with Flemish hoppelen to rock, jump, which also is related to Dutch hobbelen. Sense of hamper, hinder is c.1870. Related: Hobbled; hobbling. The noun is 1727, from the verb.