English Dictionary

actual malice

名詞

不可算名詞

(law) In United States defamation law, the level of knowledge that must be demonstrated for a public figure to prevail as a plaintiff in a lawsuit for defamation; the defendant must have either known that information published about the plaintiff was false, or must have shown reckless disregard for the truth by not a making simple inquiry or investigation which would have disclosed it.

日本語の意味

（法）米国の名誉毀損法において、公人が名誉毀損訴訟で勝訴するために、被告が原告に関する情報が虚偽であると知っていた、または真実を確かめるための簡単な調査すら行わずに、軽率に真実を無視した状態、すなわち被告の悪意（実際の悪意）を示す法的概念

To win a defamation suit as a public figure, the plaintiff must prove actual malice by clear and convincing evidence.

公的人物が名誉毀損訴訟で勝訴するには、原告は「虚偽であることを知っていた、または真実に対して著しく無頓着であった」という点を、明白かつ説得力のある証拠で立証しなければならない。

意味（1）

(law) In United States defamation law, the level of knowledge that must be demonstrated for a public figure to prevail as a plaintiff in a lawsuit for defamation; the defendant must have either known that information published about the plaintiff was false, or must have shown reckless disregard for the truth by not a making simple inquiry or investigation which would have disclosed it.