See Also: Speech(medicine)
speech(encyclopedia)
speech(2)(dictionary)
speech(1)(dictionary)
SPEECH(law)
speech day(dictionary)
speech(dictionary)
speech (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
freedom of speech(encyclopedia)
Esophageal speech(health)

SPEECH (law)


SPEECH. A formal discourse in public. 2. The liberty of speech is guaranteed to members of the legislature, 2. The liberty of speech is guaranteed to members of the legislature, to counsel in court in debate. to counsel in court in debate. 3. The reduction of a speech to writing and its publication is a libel, 3. The reduction of a speech to writing and its publication is a libel, if the matter contained in it is libelous; and the repetition of it upon if the matter contained in it is libelous; and the repetition of it upon occasions not warranted by law, when the matter is slanderous, will be occasions not warranted by law, when the matter is slanderous, will be slander and. tho character of the speaker will be no protection to him from slander and. tho character of the speaker will be no protection to him from an action. 1 M.