Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231 § 92 : COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES — ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN — PLEADING AND PRACTICE — Truth as justification for libel

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.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, § 92

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