He sued the newspaper for defamation of character.
After they printed the story about me, I took the newspaper to Court and sued them for defamation of my character.
He was suing for defamation of character, because of the outrageous allegations made about him.
When it has a subject, verb, punctuation, capitalization, a predicate, and a complete thought. A sentence is a sentence when it is handed down by a judge (or a magistrate).