Defamation is an injury to reputation of person. It is recognised as an inherent personal right of every person against the world at large. Therefore it is a right in rem of a person. A man’s reputation is considered to be his most valuable property. It is quite often said that a property lost can be recovered but a reputation once lost can never be recovered.
According to Winfield, defamation is publication of statement which tends to lower the reputation of a person in the eyes of right thinking people of society.
According to Salmond, defamation is publication of false and defamatory statement, concerning another person without any lawful justification.
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Under defamation, the false and defamatory statement affects the reputation of a person and not the character of a person, the character of a person is what a person actually is.
On the other hand, reputation is what like minded people of society think about a person.
