What is the definition of defamatory meaning?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Taseko Mines Limited v. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, 2016 BCSC 109 (CanLII):
Taseko says that “the inferential meaning or impression left by the words complained of is defamatory (the “false” or “popular” innuendo meaning)”: Lawson v. Baines, 2012 BCCA 117 at para. 13.
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