ACTIONABLE WORDS
\ˈakʃənəbə͡l wˈɜːdz], \ˈakʃənəbəl wˈɜːdz], \ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n_ə_b_əl w_ˈɜː_d_z]\
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In the law of libel and slander. Words which import a charge of some punishable crime or some offensive disease, or impute moral turpitude, or tend to injure a party in his trade or business, are said to be "actionable per se." Barnes v. Tmndy. 31 Me. 321; Lemons v. Wells, 78 Ky. 117; Mayrant v. IJichardson, 1 Nott & McC. 347, 9 Am. Dec. 707; Cady v. Brooklyn Union Pub. Co., 23 Misc. Rep. 409, 51 N. Y. Supp. 198.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.