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Oklahoma · Snapshot open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14

Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1442: Slander defined

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Slander is a false and unprivileged publication, other than

libel, which:

1. Charges any person with crime, or with having been indicted,

convicted or punished for crime.

2. Imputes in him the present existence of an infectious,

contagious or loathsome disease.

3. Tends directly to injure him in respect to his office,

profession, trade or business, either by imputing to him general

disqualification in those respects which the office or other

occupation peculiarly requires, or by imputing something with

reference to his office, profession, trade or business that has a

natural tendency to lessen its profit.

4. Imputes to him impotence or want of chastity; or,

5. Which, by natural consequences, causes actual damage.

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