27-1-801. Defamation -- how effected. Defamation is effected by:
(1) libel;
(2) slander.
History: En. Sec. 31, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3601, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5689, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 44; Field Civ. C. Sec. 28; re-en. Sec. 5689, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 64-202.