Libel Act 1792
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The Libel Act 1792 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (32 Geo. III c. 60) passed in 1792. At the urging of the Whig politician Charles James Fox, the Act restored to juries the right to decide what was libel and whether a defendant was guilty, rather than leaving it solely to the judge. The Act is still in force.
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- Official text of the statute as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
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