<a href="http://www.netlawlibraries.com/jurinst/ji_007.html#7.00";>http://www.netlawlibraries.com/jurinst/ji_007.html#7.00<;/a> <P> .] <P>…<BR>PUBLICATION<BR>A "publication" of defamatory matter is its communication to a person other than the plaintiff, who understands its defamatory meaning and its application to the plaintiff. To be a publication, the communication also must be made intentionally or negligently.<BR><BR><BR> &pip; TOP &pip; <P>