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–270– -270Article E—Cancellation of Instruments § 4831. Grounds for cancellation A written instrument, in respect to which there is a reasonable apprehension that if left outstanding it may cause serious injury to a person against whom it is void or voidable, may, upon his application, be so adjudged, and ordered to be delivered up or cancelled. § 4832. Instrument obviously void An instrument, the invalidity of which is apparent upon its face or upon the face of another instrument which is necessary to the use of the former in evidence, is not to be deemed capable of causing injury, within the provisions of section 4831 of this title. § 4833. Cancellation in part Where an instriunent is evidence of different rights or obligations, it may be cancelled in part, and allowed to stand for the residue. § 4834. Lost or destroyed private documents; establishment; issuance of duplicate; security An action may be maintained by a person interested in a private document or instrument in writing, which has been lost or destroyed, to prove or establish the document or instrument or to compel the issuance, execution, and acknowledgment of a duplicate thereof. If the document or instrument is a negotiable instrument, the court shall compel the owner thereof to give adequate security or an indemnity bond to the person reissuing, reexecuting, or reacknowledging it, with sureties approved by the court, against loss, damage, expense, or other liability which may be suffered by him by reason of the issuance of the duplicate'instrument or by the original instriunent still remaining outstanding. Subchapter III—Preventive Relief § 4851. Method of granting preventive relief Preventive relief is granted by injunction, preliminary or final. CHAPTER 113—TORTS ARISING FROM SINGLE PUBLICATION Sec.

4891. One cause of action for single publication; damages. 4892. Judgment as bar to other actions. 4893. Uniformity of interpretation. 4894. Short title.

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4895. Existing causes of action. § 4891. One cause of action for single publication; damages A person may not have more than one cause of action for damages for libel or slander or invasion of privacy or any other tort founded upon any single publication or exhibition or utterance, such as any one edition of a newspaper or book or magazine or any one presentation to an audience or any one broadcast over radio or television or any one exhibition of a motion picture. Recovery in any action shall include all damages for any such tort suffered by the plaintiff in all jurisdictions. § 4892. Judgment as bar to other actions A judgment in any jurisdiction for or against the plaintiff upon the substantive merits of any action for damages founded upon a single publication or exhibition or utterance as described in section 4891 of this title shall bar any other action for damages by the same plaintiff against the same defendant founded upon the same publication or exhibition or utterance.

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