limited purpose public figure
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limited purpose public figure n: a person who voluntarily and prominently participates in a public controversy for the purpose of influencing its outcome and who is thus required as a public figure to prove actual malice in a defamation suit
– called also limited public figure
; compare public figure
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law.
Merriam-Webster.
1996.
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