Equitable compensation may be awarded by way of moral redress to the plaintiff or to a charity named by him, in the case of insult or defamation where:
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1667
Defamation · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
the insulting or defamatory imputations are that the plaintiff has committed a crime or offence punishable under the penal law;
they tend to show that the plaintiff is incompetent or dishonest in the exercise of his profession;
they tend to show that the plaintiff, if a merchant, is insolvent;
they tend to show that the plaintiff is suffering from a contagious disease; or
they tend to show that the plaintiffs morals are shocking.