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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, § 92

Truth as justification for libel

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Section 92. The defendant in an action for writing or for publishing a libel may introduce in evidence the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libellous; and the truth shall be a justification unless actual malice is proved.