See also:

• APOLOGY (from Gr. &aoXoyia, defence)

APOLOGY (from Gr. &aoXoyia, See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence)  , in its usual sense, an expression of regret for something which has been wrongfully said or done; a withdrawal or retraction of some See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge or imputation which .is false . In an See also:

• ACTION

action for See also:

• LIBEL

libel, the fact that an See also:

• APOLOGY (from Gr. &aoXoyia, defence)

apology has been promptly and fully made is a plea in mitigation of See also:

• DAMAGES (through O. Fr. damage, mod. Fr. dommage, from Lat. damnum, loss)

damages . The apology should have the same See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of publicity as the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original charge . If made publicly, the proper form is an See also:

• ADVERTISEMENT, or ADVERTISING (Fr. avertissement, warning, or notice)

advertisement in a newspaper; if made within the See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing of a few only, a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter of apology, which may be read to those who have heard what was said, should be sufficient . By the See also:

• ENGLISH

English Libel See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1843; S . 2, it was enacted that in an action for libel contained in a newspaper it is a See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence for the See also:

• DEFENDANT

defendant to plead that the libel was inserted without actual malice and without See also:

• GROSS

gross See also:

• NEGLIGENCE (Lat. negligentia, from negligere, to neglect, literally " not to pick up ")

negligence, and that before the commencement of the action and at the earliest opportunity afterwards he inserted in the newspaper a full apology for the libel, or, where the See also:

• NEWS

news-See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper in which the libel appeared was published at intervals exceeding one See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week, he offered to publish the apology in any newspaper selected by the See also:

• PLAINTIFF

plaintiff . The apology must be full and must be printed in as conspicuous a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place and manner as the libel was . The word " apology " or " apologia " is also used in the sense of defence or vindication, the only meaning of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek hiroXoyia, especially of the defence of a See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine or See also:

• SYSTEM

system, or of religious or other beliefs, &c., e.g . See also:

• JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

Justin See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

Martyr's Apology or J . H . See also:

• NEWMAN, FRANCIS WILLIAM (1805-1897)
• NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY (1801-1890)

Newman's Apologia See also:

• PRO

pro vita sua .