Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 23: Actual Malice

[Fred Shapiro]

The OED does not include the phrase "actual malice," but this legal
standard for libel should be included.  See Yale Book of Quotations, page
102, for information on its origins.

Fred Shapiro


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