Action by single or married woman or husband

1. Law
2. Maryland Code
3. Courts and Judicial Proceedings
4. Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action
5. Defamation
6. Action by single or married woman or husband

    (a)    A single or married woman whose character or reputation for chastity is defamed by any person may maintain an action against that person.

    (b)    The husband may maintain an action of slander against any person for words spoken falsely and maliciously about his wife for her character or reputation for chastity before or during the marriage.

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