In law, slander of title is normally a claim involving real estate in which one entity falsely claims to own another entity's property. Alternatively, it is casting aspersion on someone else' property, business or goods, e.g. claiming a house is infested with termites (when it is not), or falsely claiming you own someone else's copyright (what allegedly occurred in the SCO v. Novell case). Slander of title is a form of jactitation.[1]
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- ^ http://resources.lawinfo.com/index.cfm?action=dictionary&show=S Accessed December 2006
