The name Jocelyn is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Jocelyn is: Medieval male name adopted as a feminine name. The name Jocelyn is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Jocelyn is: One of the Goths. Introduced into Britam as a masculine name during the Norman Conquest, Jocelyn was adopted as a feminine first name in the early 20th century.
Generally, defamation is a false and unprivileged statement of fact that is harmful to someone's reputation, and published with fault, meaning as a result of negligence or malice. State laws often define defamation in specific ways. Libel is a written defamation; slander is a spoken defamation. What are the elements of a defamation claim? The elements that must be proved to establish defamation are: a publication to one other than the person defamed; a false statement of fact; that is understood as
The common law origins of defamation lie in the torts of slander (harmful statement in a transient form, especially speech), each of which gives a common law right of action.